UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

_____________________________ 

FORM 10-Q

_____________________________ 
xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, 2017

June 30, 2023

OR

¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-33887

Orion Energy Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

______________________________ 

Wisconsin

39-1847269

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification number)

2210 Woodland Drive, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

54220

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (920) (920) 892-9340

_______________________________ 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol (s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common stock, no par value

OESX

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(NASDAQ Capital Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yesx No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405) during the preceding 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yesx No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an "emerging growth company". See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer

o

Accelerated filer

o

Non-accelerated filer

o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

ý

Emerging growth company

o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o



If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x


There were 28,921,17032,502,558 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding on February 2, 2018.


August 4, 2023.


ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017

JUNE 30, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the NineThree Months Ended December 31, 2017June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2016June 30, 2022

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ITEM 2.

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ITEM 3.

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ITEM 4.

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ITEM 1.

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ITEM 1A.

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ITEM 6.

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Exhibit 31.1
Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 32.1
Exhibit 32.2
EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1: Financial Statements

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share amounts)

 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Assets   
Cash and cash equivalents$10,563
 $17,307
Accounts receivable, net8,663
 9,171
Inventories, net8,771
 13,593
Deferred contract costs1,115
 935
Prepaid expenses and other current assets1,543
 2,877
Total current assets30,655
 43,883
Property and equipment, net13,213
 13,786
Other intangible assets, net3,054
 4,207
Other long-term assets121
 175
Total assets$47,043
 $62,051
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity   
Accounts payable$11,685
 $11,635
Accrued expenses and other5,155
 5,988
Deferred revenue, current277
 621
Current maturities of long-term debt85
 152
Total current liabilities17,202
 18,396
Revolving credit facility3,622
 6,629
Long-term debt, less current maturities125
 190
Deferred revenue, long-term946
 944
Other long-term liabilities509
 442
Total liabilities22,404
 26,601
Commitments and contingencies
 
Shareholders’ equity:   
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: Shares authorized: 30,000,000 at December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2017; no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2017
 
Common stock, no par value: Shares authorized: 200,000,000 at December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2017; shares issued: 38,347,325 at December 31, 2017 and 37,747,227 at March 31, 2017; shares outstanding: 28,916,170 at December 31, 2017 and 28,317,490 at March 31, 2017
 
Additional paid-in capital154,758
 153,901
Treasury stock, common shares: 9,431,155 at December 31, 2017 and 9,429,737 at March 31, 2017(36,085) (36,081)
Shareholder notes receivable
 (4)
Retained deficit(94,034) (82,366)
Total shareholders’ equity24,639
 35,450
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$47,043
 $62,051

 

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

8,249

 

 

$

15,992

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

14,613

 

 

 

13,728

 

Revenue earned but not billed

 

 

1,231

 

 

 

1,320

 

Inventories, net

 

 

17,689

 

 

 

18,205

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

1,172

 

 

 

1,116

 

Total current assets

 

 

42,954

 

 

 

50,361

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

10,534

 

 

 

10,470

 

Goodwill

 

 

1,484

 

 

 

1,484

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

 

5,738

 

 

 

6,004

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

3,436

 

 

 

3,260

 

Total assets

 

$

64,146

 

 

$

71,579

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

11,524

 

 

$

13,405

 

Accrued expenses and other

 

 

10,045

 

 

 

10,552

 

Deferred revenue, current

 

 

732

 

 

 

480

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

 

16

 

 

 

17

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

22,317

 

 

 

24,454

 

Revolving credit facility

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

10,000

 

Long-term debt, less current maturities

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Deferred revenue, long-term

 

 

470

 

 

 

489

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

4,558

 

 

 

3,384

 

Total liabilities

 

 

37,345

 

 

 

38,330

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: Shares authorized: 30,000,000 at
   June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023;
no shares issued and outstanding at
   June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, no par value: Shares authorized: 200,000,000 at
June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023; shares issued:
41,973,543 at
June 30, 2023 and
41,767,092 at March 31, 2023; shares outstanding:
32,502,558 at June 30, 2023 and 32,295,408 at March 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

161,095

 

 

 

160,907

 

Treasury stock, common shares: 9,470,985 at June 30, 2023 and 9,471,684 
at March 31, 2023

 

 

(36,236

)

 

 

(36,237

)

Retained deficit

 

 

(98,058

)

 

 

(91,421

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

26,801

 

 

 

33,249

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

64,146

 

 

$

71,579

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.



Condensed Consolidated Statements.

3


ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Product revenue$15,993
 $19,259
 $41,883
 $52,286
Service revenue1,270
 1,358
 3,360
 2,635
Total revenue17,263
 20,617
 45,243
 54,921
Cost of product revenue11,181
 13,577
 30,587
 36,748
Cost of service revenue966
 885
 3,209
 1,748
Total cost of revenue12,147
 14,462
 33,796
 38,496
Gross profit5,116
 6,155
 11,447
 16,425
Operating expenses:       
General and administrative2,878
 3,541
 11,370
 11,040
Impairment of intangible assets
 
 710
 
Sales and marketing2,981
 3,147
 9,241
 9,167
Research and development616
 495
 1,519
 1,493
Total operating expenses6,475
 7,183
 22,840
 21,700
Loss from operations(1,359) (1,028) (11,393) (5,275)
Other income (expense):       
Other income
 
 
 190
Interest expense(102) (65) (308) (203)
Interest income5
 7
 12
 31
Total other (expense) income(97) (58) (296) 18
Loss before income tax(1,456) (1,086) (11,689) (5,257)
Income tax benefit(23) 
 (23) (261)
Net loss$(1,433) $(1,086) $(11,666) $(4,996)
Basic net loss per share attributable to common shareholders$(0.05) $(0.04) $(0.41) $(0.18)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding28,909,847
 28,258,742
 28,734,394
 28,106,209
Diluted net loss per share$(0.05) $(0.04) $(0.41) $(0.18)
Weighted-average common shares and share equivalents outstanding28,909,847
 28,258,742
 28,734,394
 28,106,209

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Product revenue

 

$

13,671

 

 

$

13,483

 

Service revenue

 

 

3,942

 

 

 

4,423

 

Total revenue

 

 

17,613

 

 

 

17,906

 

Cost of product revenue

 

 

10,059

 

 

 

10,385

 

Cost of service revenue

 

 

4,383

 

 

 

3,967

 

Total cost of revenue

 

 

14,442

 

 

 

14,352

 

Gross profit

 

 

3,171

 

 

 

3,554

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

 

 

5,739

 

 

 

3,754

 

Acquisition related costs

 

 

53

 

 

 

14

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

3,296

 

 

 

2,889

 

Research and development

 

 

480

 

 

 

514

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

9,568

 

 

 

7,171

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(6,397

)

 

 

(3,617

)

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Interest expense

 

 

(176

)

 

 

(17

)

Amortization of debt issue costs

 

 

(24

)

 

 

(15

)

Interest income

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

Total other expense

 

 

(198

)

 

 

(33

)

Loss before income tax

 

 

(6,595

)

 

 

(3,650

)

Income tax expense

 

 

42

 

 

 

(815

)

Net loss

 

$

(6,637

)

 

$

(2,835

)

Basic net loss per share attributable to
   common shareholders

 

$

(0.21

)

 

$

(0.09

)

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

 

 

32,345,823

 

 

 

31,138,398

 

Diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.21

)

 

$

(0.09

)

Weighted-average common shares and share
   equivalents outstanding

 

 

32,345,823

 

 

 

31,138,398

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.



Condensed Consolidated Statements.

4


ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands)

 Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016
Operating activities   
Net loss$(11,666) $(4,996)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:   
Depreciation1,050
 1,103
Amortization486
 721
Stock-based compensation868
 1,252
Impairment of intangible assets710
 
Loss on sale of property and equipment
 1
Provision for inventory reserves701
 621
Provision for bad debts21
 118
Other12
 148
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:   
Accounts receivable, current and long-term492
 (857)
Inventories4,120
 (169)
Deferred contract costs(179) (1,296)
Prepaid expenses and other assets1,383
 3,294
Accounts payable30
 602
Accrued expenses and other(767) (661)
Deferred revenue, current and long-term(342) 385
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities(3,081) 266
Investing activities   
Purchases of property and equipment(478) (376)
Additions to patents and licenses(43) (252)
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment
 2,600
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities(521) 1,972
Financing activities   
Payment of long-term debt and capital leases(132) (814)
Proceeds from revolving credit facility51,926
 63,705
Payment of revolving credit facility(54,933) (61,542)
Payments to settle employee tax withholdings on stock-based compensation(9) (17)
Net proceeds from employee equity exercises6
 6
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities(3,142) 1,338
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(6,744) 3,576
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period17,307
 15,542
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$10,563
 $19,118
thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

 

 

Treasury
Stock

 

 

Retained
Deficit

 

 

Total
Shareholders’
Equity

 

Balance, March 31, 2023

 

 

32,295,408

 

 

$

160,907

 

 

$

(36,237

)

 

$

(91,421

)

 

$

33,249

 

Shares issued under Employee Stock Purchase
   Plan

 

 

699

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

206,451

 

 

 

188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

188

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,637

)

 

 

(6,637

)

Balance, June 30, 2023

 

 

32,502,558

 

 

$

161,095

 

 

$

(36,236

)

 

$

(98,058

)

 

$

26,801

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

 

 

Treasury
Stock

 

 

Retained
Deficit

 

 

Total
Shareholders’
Equity

 

Balance, March 31, 2022

 

 

31,097,872

 

 

$

158,419

 

 

$

(36,239

)

 

$

(57,080

)

 

$

65,100

 

Exercise of stock options for cash

 

 

26,646

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54

 

Shares issued under Employee Stock Purchase
   Plan

 

 

443

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

125,744

 

 

 

254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

254

 

Employee tax withholdings on stock-based
   compensation

 

 

(634

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,835

)

 

 

(2,835

)

Balance, June 30, 2022

 

 

31,250,071

 

 

$

158,727

 

 

$

(36,240

)

 

$

(59,915

)

 

$

62,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated statements.


Condensed Consolidated Statements.

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ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(6,637

)

 

$

(2,835

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

346

 

 

 

354

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

266

 

 

 

52

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

188

 

 

 

254

 

Amortization of debt issue costs

 

 

24

 

 

 

15

 

Deferred income tax

 

 

 

 

 

(978

)

Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment

 

 

28

 

 

 

(1

)

Provision for inventory reserves

 

 

161

 

 

 

100

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

190

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

1

 

 

 

(9

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(1,075

)

 

 

109

 

Revenue earned but not billed

 

 

89

 

 

 

527

 

Inventories

 

 

355

 

 

 

979

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

(257

)

 

 

160

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(1,906

)

 

 

(2,491

)

Accrued expenses and other

 

 

666

 

 

 

(1,273

)

Deferred revenue, current and long-term

 

 

234

 

 

 

32

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(7,327

)

 

 

(5,005

)

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash to fund acquisition, net of cash received

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(508

)

 

 

(139

)

Additions to patents and licenses

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(413

)

 

 

(85

)

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of long-term debt

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(4

)

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments of revolving credit facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments to settle employee tax withholdings on stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Proceeds from employee equity exercises

 

 

1

 

 

 

54

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(3

)

 

 

48

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(7,743

)

 

 

(5,042

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

15,992

 

 

 

14,466

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

8,249

 

 

$

9,424

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

 

$

363

 

 

$

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Statements.

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ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATEDCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Organization

Orion includes Orion Energy Systems, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and all consolidated subsidiaries. Orion is a developer, manufacturerprovides light emitting diode lighting systems, wireless Internet of Things enabled control solutions, project engineering, energy project management design, maintenance services and seller of lighting and energy management systemsturnkey electric vehicle charging station installation services to commercial and industrial businesses, and federal and local governments, predominantly in North America.

Orion’s corporate offices and leased primary manufacturing operations are located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Orion also leases office space in Jacksonville, Florida; Chicago, Illinois;Florida, Lawrence, Massachusetts and Houston, Texas. Orion also leases warehouse space in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Augusta, Georgia.Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Orion Energy Systems, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statementsCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Orion have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.Commission (SEC). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentationstatement have been included. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 20182024 or other interim periods.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet atCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 20172023 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statementsCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in Orion’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 20172023 filed with the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC on June 13, 2017.12, 2023.

Allowance for Credit Losses

Orion performs ongoing evaluations of its customers and continuously monitors collections and payments. Orion estimates an allowance for credit losses based upon the historical collectability based on past due status and makes judgments about the creditworthiness of customers based on ongoing credit evaluations. We also consider customer-specific information, current market conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during that reporting period. Areas that require the use of significant management estimates include revenue recognition, inventory obsolescence, allowance for doubtful accounts,credit losses, accruals for warranty and loss contingencies, impairments,earn-out, income taxes, impairment analyses, and certain equity transactions. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

7


Concentration of Credit Risk and Other Risks and Uncertainties

Orion's cash is primarily deposited with twoone financial institutions.institution. At times, deposits in these institutions exceedthis institution exceeds the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. Orion has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes that it is not exposed to any significant financial institution viability risk on these balances.

Orion purchases components necessary for its lighting products, including ballasts, lamps and LED components, from multiple suppliers. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, one supplier accounted for 13.9% of of total costs of revenue. For the nine months ended December 31, 2017, June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, no supplier suppliers accounted for more than 10%10.0% of total cost of revenue For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016, no supplier accounted for more than 10% of total cost of revenue.

For the three months ended December 31, 2017, June 30, 2023, two customers accounted for 20.6% and 11.0% of total revenue, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2022, one customer accounted for 13.4%13.8% of total revenue. For the nine months ended December 31, 2017,

As of June 30, 2023, one customer accounted for 11.1% of total revenue. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016, no customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue.


As of December 31, 2017, three customers accounted for 13.5%, 12.2%, and 10.1%, respectively,11.1% of accounts receivable. As of March 31, 2017, 2023, one customer customers accounted for 11.6%10.8% of accounts receivable.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Issued: Not Yet

Recently Adopted

Standards

In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-15, "Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments," which provides clarification and additional guidance as to the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. This ASU provides guidance as to the classification of a number of transactions including: contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, and distributions received from equity method investees. The new standard will be effective for Orion in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and will be applied through retrospective adjustment to all periods presented. Orion does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In FebruaryJune 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Subtopic 842)." This No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which requires that lessees recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for the rights and obligations created by long-term leases and disclose additional quantitative and qualitative information about leasing arrangements. Under this ASU, leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the patternan entity to assess impairment of expense recognition. Similarly, lessors will be required to classify leases as sales-type, finance or operating leases, with classification affecting the pattern of income recognition. Classification for both lessees and lessors will beits financial instruments based on an assessmentits estimate of whether risksexpected credit losses. Since the issuance of ASU 2016-13, the FASB released several amendments to improve and rewards, as well as substantive control, have been transferred throughclarify the lease contract. Thisimplementation guidance. The provisions of ASU also provides guidance on2016-13 and the presentation of the effects of leases in the income statement and statement of cash flows. This guidance will berelated amendments are effective for Orion on April 1, 2019. Early adoptionfor fiscal years (and interim reporting periods within those years) beginning after December 15, 2022. Entities are required to apply these changes through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the standard is permitted and a modified retrospective transition approach is required for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparativefirst reporting period presented in which the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available.guidance is effective. Orion has not yet completed its reviewadopted ASU 2016-13 effective April 1, 2023. The effect of the full provisions of this standard against its outstanding lease arrangementsadoption was immaterial.

NOTE 3 — REVENUE

Orion generates revenue primarily by selling manufactured or sourced commercial lighting fixtures and is in the process of quantifying the lease liabilitycomponents, sourced electric vehicle chargers and related right of use asset which will be recorded to its consolidated balance sheets upon adoption ofproducts, installing these products in customer’s facilities, and providing maintenance services including repairs and replacements for the standard. In addition, management continues to assesslighting and related electrical components. Orion recognizes revenue in accordance with the impact of adoption of this standard on its consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and the related footnote disclosures.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenueguidance in “Revenue from Contracts with Customers." This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue asCustomers” (Topic 606) (“ASC 606”) when control of the goods or services being provided (which we refer to as a performance obligation) is transferred to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration itOrion expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, this ASU requires enhanced

During the third quarter of fiscal 2023, Orion acquired Voltrek LLC ("Voltrek"), which sells and expanded financial statement disclosures. Sinceinstalls sourced electric vehicle charging stations and related software subscriptions and renewals. The results of Voltrek are included in the issuanceOrion Electric Vehicle Charging segment ("EV") and compliment Orion’s existing turnkey installation model.

The sale of this ASU,charging stations and related software subscriptions and renewals is presented in Product revenue. Orion is the FASBprincipal in the sales of charging stations as it has issued further updatescontrol of the physical products prior to this ASU to provide additional guidance and clarification and to delay the original effective date. This ASU allows companies to elect either a full retrospective or modified retrospective approach to adoption. Orion will adopt this ASU and the related updates (“ASC 606”) on their effective date, April 1, 2018. As of December 31, 2017, Orion has identified that the main types of contracts that require evaluation as to what, if any, changes will be necessary under ASC 606 as compared to legacy accounting guidance are (a) material only sales that are shipped to customers from Orion’s plant or directly from Orion’s vendors, (b) contracts that involve a combination of material and installation services, (c) contracts entered into under Orion's legacy solar business, and (d) contracts that involve a combination of material and installation services where Orion also provides a financing arrangementtransfer to the customer.

Accordingly, revenue is recognized on a gross basis. For certain sales, primarily software subscriptions and renewals, Orion continuesis the sales agent providing access to review the provisionscontent and recognize commission revenue net of ASC 606 against a sampleamounts due to third parties who fulfill the performance obligation. For these sales, control passes at the point in time upon providing access of its customer contractsthe content to determine the impact, if any, on the timing, measurement and presentationcustomer.

The sale of revenue recognition and the cost of goodsinstallation and services sold. The review considers, among other matters,related to the evaluationEV charging business is presented in Service revenue. Revenue from the EV segment that includes both the sale of product and identification of distinctservice is allocated between the product and service performance obligations measurementbased on relative standalone selling prices, and is recorded in Product revenue and Service revenue, respectively, in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Orion's progress toward satisfying identifiedOperations.

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Revenue from the maintenance offering that includes both the sale of Orion manufactured or sourced product and service is allocated between the product and service performance obligations based on relative standalone selling prices, and variable considerationis recorded in Product revenue and Service revenue, respectively, in the formCondensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The following tables provide detail of Orion’s total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

 

 

 

Product

 

 

Services

 

 

Total

 

Revenue from contracts with customers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting product and installation

 

$

11,785

 

 

$

831

 

 

$

12,616

 

Maintenance services

 

 

899

 

 

 

2,855

 

 

 

3,754

 

Electric vehicle charging

 

 

982

 

 

 

256

 

 

 

1,238

 

Total revenues from contracts with customers

 

 

13,666

 

 

 

3,942

 

 

 

17,608

 

Revenue accounted for under other guidance

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

Total revenue

 

$

13,671

 

 

$

3,942

 

 

$

17,613

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

 

 

 

Product

 

 

Services

 

 

Total

 

Revenue from contracts with customers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting product and installation

 

$

12,404

 

 

$

1,358

 

 

$

13,762

 

Maintenance services

 

 

989

 

 

 

3,065

 

 

 

4,054

 

Solar energy related revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

Total revenues from contracts with customers

 

 

13,393

 

 

 

4,423

 

 

 

17,816

 

Revenue accounted for under other guidance

 

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

90

 

Total revenue

 

$

13,483

 

 

$

4,423

 

 

$

17,906

 

From time to time, Orion sells the receivables from one customer rebates, payment discounts and product returns.to a financing institution. The Company's assessment is preliminary and may change as it finalizes its review. Since Orion does not expect ASC 606 to impactwas no such activity during the timingthree months ended June 30, 2023 or 2022.

The following chart shows the balance of its billings toOrion’s receivables arising from contracts with customers, or the receipt of customer payments, there could be fluctuations in the amount of deferred costs and liabilities reflected on Orion's future balance sheets as compared to historical presentations.


Under ASC 606, incremental contract costs, which for Orion includes sales commissions and costs paid to independent contractors for field audits, are required to be capitalized as contract assets and amortized over the period these costs are expected to be recovered. Although Orion incurs such costs, its contracts are typically completed within one year. As such, Orion's plans to elect the practical expedient providedcontract liabilities as of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023 (dollars in ASC 606 and expense incremental contract costs when incurred.thousands):

 

 

June 30,
2023

 

 

March 31,
2023

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

14,613

 

 

$

13,728

 

Contract assets

 

$

1,231

 

 

$

1,320

 

Contract liabilities

 

$

657

 

 

$

480

 



Orion is identifying the necessary

There were no significant changes in its ongoing process for the reviewcontract assets outside of standard reclassifications to accounts receivable, net upon billing. Deferred revenue, current as of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, includes $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of contract liabilities which represent consideration received from a new customer contractscontract on which installation has not yet begun and Orion has not fulfilled the identification of key terms impacting revenue recognition. Orion is also evaluating the necessary changes to its systems, revenue related processes and controls as a result of the new standard, including the related footnote disclosures.promises included.


ASC 606 permits the use of either a full retrospective or modified retrospective transition method.Orion will adopt the requirements of the new standard effective April 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective transition method with the cumulative effect to the opening balance of retained earnings recognized as of the date of initial adoption.
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, “Compensation-Stock Compensation: Scope of Modification Accounting” which provides guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award would require an entity to apply modification accounting. The provisions of this standard are effective for Orion beginning on April 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on Orion’s consolidated condensed financial statements.
Recently Adopted Standards
In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes,” to simplify the presentation of deferred taxes. The amendments in this update require that deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as non-current on the balance sheet. This ASU is effective for Orion's annual reporting period, and interim periods therein, as of April 1, 2017. The adoption of this standard had no impact on Orion’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, “Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory,” which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost or net realizable value for entities that measure inventory using first-in, first-out ("FIFO") or average cost. Net realizable value is defined as the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. Orion adopted this standard as of April 1, 2017. The adoption of this standard had no impact on Orion's condensed consolidated financial statements as the previous measurement and validation of the carrying value of its inventory incorporated market values consistent with the net realizable value measurements of the standard.
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting," which changes how companies account for certain aspects of share-based payment awards to employees, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as the classification of related matters in the statement of cash flows. Orion adopted this ASU as of April 1, 2017. As a result of adopting the income tax accounting provisions of this standard, Orion realized an increase in both its deferred tax assets related to stock-based compensation awards and the related valuation allowance. As Orion carries a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets, there was no net impact to its condensed consolidated balance sheets or statements of operations. In accordance with the provisions of this standard, Orion elected to prospectively adopt an accounting policy to recognize forfeitures as they occur in lieu of estimating forfeitures. The cashflow presentation provisions of the standard had no impact on Orion’s condensed consolidated financial statements. Finally, due to Orion's net loss, the modifications to the calculation of diluted earnings per share as a result of adopting this standard did not impact its diluted earnings per share.


NOTE 34 — ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE,

NET

As of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, Orion's accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accountscredit losses balances were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

June 30,
2023

 

 

March 31,
2023

 

Accounts receivable, gross

 

$

14,885

 

 

$

13,814

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

 

(272

)

 

 

(86

)

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

14,613

 

 

$

13,728

 

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Changes in Orion’s allowance for credit losses were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Beginning of period

 

$

(86

)

 

$

(8

)

Credit loss expense

 

 

(190

)

 

 

(10

)

Write-off

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

End of period

 

$

(272

)

 

$

(18

)

 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Accounts receivable, gross$8,827
 $9,315
Allowance for doubtful accounts(164) (144)
Accounts receivable, net$8,663
 $9,171

NOTE 45 — INVENTORIES,

NET

As of December 31, 2017June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2017,2023, Orion's inventory balances were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Cost

 

 

Excess and
Obsolescence
Reserve

 

 

Net

 

As of June 30, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raw materials and components

 

$

8,050

 

 

$

(1,171

)

 

$

6,879

 

Work in process

 

 

631

 

 

 

(173

)

 

 

458

 

Finished goods

 

 

10,938

 

 

 

(586

)

 

 

10,352

 

Total

 

$

19,619

 

 

$

(1,930

)

 

$

17,689

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raw materials and components

 

$

9,988

 

 

$

(1,094

)

 

$

8,894

 

Work in process

 

 

693

 

 

 

(135

)

 

 

558

 

Finished goods

 

 

9,313

 

 

 

(560

)

 

 

8,753

 

Total

 

$

19,994

 

 

$

(1,789

)

 

$

18,205

 

 Cost Reserve Net
As of December 31, 2017     
Raw materials and components$6,655
 $(1,406) $5,249
Work in process1,316
 (351) 965
Finished goods4,385
 (1,828) 2,557
   Total$12,356
 $(3,585) $8,771
      
As of March 31, 2017     
Raw materials and components$8,104
 $(1,807) $6,297
Work in process1,918
 (329) 1,589
Finished goods7,044
 (1,337) 5,707
   Total$17,066
 $(3,473) $13,593

NOTE 56 — PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

Prepaid expenses and other current assets includeconsist primarily of prepaid insurance premiums, debt issue costs, prepaid subscription fees and sales tax receivable.

NOTE 7 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

As of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, property and equipment, net, included the following (dollars in thousands):

 

 

June 30,
2023

 

 

March 31,
2023

 

Land and land improvements

 

$

433

 

 

$

433

 

Buildings and building improvements

 

 

9,491

 

 

 

9,491

 

Furniture, fixtures and office equipment

 

 

7,783

 

 

 

7,782

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

540

 

 

 

540

 

Equipment leased to customers

 

 

4,997

 

 

 

4,997

 

Plant equipment

 

 

11,195

 

 

 

11,234

 

Vehicles

 

 

948

 

 

 

720

 

Construction in Progress

 

 

121

 

 

 

37

 

Gross property and equipment

 

 

35,508

 

 

 

35,234

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(24,974

)

 

 

(24,764

)

Total property and equipment, net

 

$

10,534

 

 

$

10,470

 

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 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Unbilled accounts receivable$1,034
 $2,226
Other prepaid expenses509
 651
   Total$1,543
 $2,877









NOTE 68PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

PropertyLEASES

From time to time, Orion leases assets from third parties. Orion also leases certain assets to third parties.

Orion accounts for leases in accordance with ASC 842. Under ASC 842, both finance and equipment were comprisedoperating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities for leases with initial terms in excess of 12 months are recognized at the following (dollars in thousands):

 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Land and land improvements$424
 $424
Buildings and building improvements9,245
 9,245
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment7,083
 7,056
Leasehold improvements324
 324
Equipment leased to customers4,997
 4,997
Plant equipment11,888
 11,627
Construction in progress196
 61
 34,157
 33,734
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization(20,944) (19,948)
Property and equipment, net$13,213
 $13,786
Duringcommencement date based on the second quarterpresent value of fiscal 2018,lease payments over the lease term. Orion recognizes lease expense for leases with an initial term of 12 months or less, referred to as short term leases, on a resultstraight-line basis over the lease term.

A summary of lower than anticipated operating results in the first half of fiscal 2018, Orion revised its full year fiscal 2018 forecast. As such, a triggering event occurred as of September 30, 2017, requiring Orion to evaluate its long-livedOrion’s assets for impairment. Due to the central nature of its operations, Orion’s tangible and intangible definite-lived assets support its full operations, are utilized by all three of its reportable segments, and do not generate separately identifiable cash flows. As such, these assets together represent a single asset group. In reviewing the asset group for impairment, Orion elected to bypass the qualitative impairment assessment and went directly to performing the Step 1 recoverability test. Orion performed the Step 1 recoverability test for the asset group comparing its carrying value to the group’s expected future undiscounted cash flows. Orion concluded that the undiscounted cash flows of the definite lived asset group exceeded its carrying value. As such the asset group was deemed recoverable and no impairment was recorded. No triggering event occurred in the quarter ended December 31, 2017, so no impairment review was conducted.

Equipment included above under capital leases was asleased from third parties follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Balance sheet classification

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease assets

 

 Other long-term assets

 

$

2,349

 

 

$

2,174

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 Accrued expenses and other

 

$

923

 

 

$

823

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 Other long-term liabilities

 

 

1,870

 

 

 

1,826

 

Total lease liabilities

 

 

 

$

2,793

 

 

$

2,649

 

 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Equipment$581
 $581
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization(308) (202)
Equipment, net$273
 $379

Orion recorded depreciation expensehad operating lease costs of $0.4 and $1.1$0.4 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017, respectively, and $0.3 and $1.1June 30, 2023. Orion had operating lease costs of $0.3 million for the three and nine months ended DecemberJune 30, 2022.

The estimated maturity of lease liabilities for each of the next five years is shown below (dollars in thousands):

Maturity of Lease Liabilities

 

Operating Leases

 

Fiscal 2024 (period remaining)

 

$

785

 

Fiscal 2025

 

 

1,083

 

Fiscal 2026

 

 

984

 

Fiscal 2027

 

 

177

 

Fiscal 2028

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

Total lease payments

 

$

3,029

 

Less: Interest

 

 

(236

)

Present value of lease liabilities

 

$

2,793

 

Assets Orion Leases to Other Parties

One of Orion’s frequent customers purchases products and installation services under agreements that provide for monthly payments, at a fixed monthly amount, of the contract price, plus interest, typically over a five-year period. While Orion retains ownership of the light fixtures during the financing period, the transaction terms and the underlying economics associated with used lighting fixtures results in Orion essentially ceding ownership of the lighting fixtures to the customer after completion of the agreement. The portions of the transaction associated with the sale of the light fixtures is accounted for as a sales-type lease under ASC 842. The total transaction price in these contracts is allocated between the lease and non-lease components in the same manner as the total transaction price of other turnkey projects containing lighting fixtures and installation services.

Revenues, and production and acquisition costs, associated with sales-type leases are included in Product revenue and Costs of product revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. There was no revenue and cost of sales arising from sales-type leases during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022.

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NOTE 9 — GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Orion has $0.9 million of goodwill related to its purchase of Voltrek in the third quarter of fiscal 2023, which has an indefinite life, and is assigned to the EV Charging operating segment.

Orion has $0.6 million of goodwill related to its purchase of Stay-Light Lighting during fiscal year 2022, which has an indefinite life, and is assigned to the Maintenance operating segment.

See Note 18 – Acquisition for further discussion of the Voltrek acquisition.

As of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2016, respectively.












NOTE 7 — INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The2023, the components of, and changes in, the carrying amount of other intangible assets, net, were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

 

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

 

Net

 

 

Weighted
Average
Useful Life

 

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

 

Net

 

Amortized Intangible Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patents

 

$

2,521

 

 

$

(1,956

)

 

$

565

 

 

 

8.5

 

 

$

2,521

 

 

$

(1,930

)

 

$

591

 

Licenses

 

 

58

 

 

 

(58

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

(58

)

 

 

 

Trade name and trademarks

 

 

464

 

 

 

(94

)

 

 

370

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

464

 

 

 

(73

)

 

 

391

 

Customer relationships

 

 

5,509

 

 

 

(4,041

)

 

 

1,468

 

 

 

6.3

 

 

 

5,509

 

 

 

(3,914

)

 

 

1,595

 

Vendor relationships

 

 

2,600

 

 

 

(275

)

 

 

2,325

 

 

 

3.4

 

 

 

2,600

 

 

 

(183

)

 

 

2,417

 

Developed technology

 

 

900

 

 

 

(900

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

900

 

 

 

(900

)

 

 

 

Total Amortized Intangible Assets

 

$

12,052

 

 

$

(7,324

)

 

$

4,728

 

 

 

5.5

 

 

$

12,052

 

 

$

(7,058

)

 

$

4,994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade name and trademarks

 

$

1,010

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,010

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,010

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,010

 

Total Non-Amortized Intangible Assets

 

$

1,010

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,010

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,010

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,010

 

 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
 Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net
Patents$2,702
 $(1,331) $1,371
 $2,658
 $(1,211) $1,447
Licenses58
 (58) 
 58
 (58) 
Trade name and trademarks1,005
 
 1,005
 1,715
 
 1,715
Customer relationships3,600
 (3,286) 314
 3,600
 (3,054) 546
Developed technology900
 (546) 354
 900
 (426) 474
Non-competition agreements100
 (90) 10
 100
 (75) 25
Total$8,365
 $(5,311) $3,054
 $9,031
 $(4,824) $4,207
During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, as a result of lower than anticipated operating results in the first half of fiscal 2018, Orion revised its full year fiscal 2018 forecast. As such, a triggering event occurred as of September 30, 2017, requiring Orion to evaluate its long-lived assets for impairment. Orion performed a quantitative impairment review of its indefinite lived intangible assets related to the Harris trade name applying the royalty replacement method to determine the asset’s fair value as of September 30, 2017. Under the royalty replacement method, the fair value of the Harris tradename was determined based on a market participant’s view of the royalty that would be paid to license the right to use the tradename. This quantitative analysis incorporated several assumptions including forecasted future revenues and cash flows, estimated royalty rate, based on similar licensing transactions and market royalty rates, and discount rate, which incorporates assumptions such as weighted-average cost of capital and risk premium. As a result of this impairment test, the carrying value of the Harris trade name exceeded its estimated fair value and an impairment of $0.7 million was recorded to Impairment of intangible assets during the quarter ended September 30, 2017 to reduce the asset’s carrying value to its calculated fair value. No triggering event occurred in the quarter ended December 31, 2017, so no impairment review was conducted. This fair value determination was categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Amortization expense on intangible assets was $0.2$0.3 million for both the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

June 30, 2023, respectively.

Amortization expense on intangible assets was $0.5 and $0.7$0.1 million for the ninethree months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016,June 30, 2022, respectively.

As of December 31, 2017, the weighted average remaining useful life of intangible assets was 5.7 years.

The estimated amortization expense for the remainder of fiscal 2018,2024, the next five fiscal years and beyond is shown below (dollars in thousands):

Fiscal 2024 (period remaining)

 

$

820

 

Fiscal 2025

 

 

1,086

 

Fiscal 2026

 

 

848

 

Fiscal 2027

 

 

589

 

Fiscal 2028

 

 

518

 

Fiscal 2029

 

 

471

 

Thereafter

 

 

396

 

Total

 

$

4,728

 

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Fiscal 2018 (period remaining)$138
Fiscal 2019449
Fiscal 2020363
Fiscal 2021289
Fiscal 2022191
Fiscal 2023166
Thereafter453
Total$2,049






NOTE 810 — ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Accrued

As of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, accrued expenses and other includeincluded the following (dollars in thousands):

 

 

June 30,
2023

 

 

March 31,
2023

 

Accrued acquisition earn-out

 

$

3,000

 

 

$

3,000

 

Other accruals

 

 

2,162

 

 

 

2,598

 

Compensation and benefits

 

 

1,818

 

 

 

1,412

 

Credits due to customers

 

 

1,122

 

 

 

1,310

 

Accrued project costs

 

 

971

 

 

 

1,218

 

Warranty

 

 

502

 

 

 

497

 

Sales returns reserve

 

 

69

 

 

 

71

 

Sales tax

 

 

325

 

 

 

274

 

Legal and professional fees

 

 

76

 

 

 

172

 

Total

 

$

10,045

 

 

$

10,552

 

 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Compensation and benefits$1,823
 $2,431
Sales tax202
 213
Contract costs515
 223
Legal and professional fees1,955
 2,262
Warranty347
 449
Other accruals313
 410
Total$5,155
 $5,988
Other long-term liabilities includes the following (dollars in thousands):
 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Warranty$270
 $310
Medical benefits126
 
Unrecognized tax benefits113
 113
Other
 19
Total$509
 $442

Orion generally offers a limited warranty of one to ten years on its lighting products, in addition to thoseincluding the pass through of standard warranties offered by major original equipment component manufacturers. The manufacturers’ warranties cover lamps, power supplies, LED modules, chips and drivers, control devices, and ballasts,other fixture related items, which are significant components in Orion's lighting products.

Changes in Orion’s warranty accrual (both current and long-term) were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Beginning of period

 

$

646

 

 

$

860

 

Accruals

 

 

64

 

 

 

167

 

Warranty claims (net of vendor reimbursements)

 

 

(56

)

 

 

(216

)

End of period

 

$

654

 

 

$

811

 

 Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Beginning of period$739
 $1,114
 $759
 $864
Provision to product cost of revenue(122) (190) (138) 61
Charges
 (2) (4) (3)
End of period$617
 $922
 $617
 $922

NOTE 911 — NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

Basic net lossincome per common share is computed by dividing net lossincome attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period and does not consider common stock equivalents.


Diluted net income per common share reflects the dilution that would occur if stock options were exercised and restricted shares vested. In the computation of diluted net income per common share, Orion uses the treasury stock method for outstanding options and restricted shares. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017June 30, 2023 and 2016,2022, Orion was in a net loss position; therefore, the basicBasic and diluted weighted averageDiluted weighted-average shares outstanding are equal because any increase to the basic shares would be anti-dilutive. Net loss(loss) income per common share is calculated based upon the following:following shares:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss (in thousands)

 

$

(6,637

)

 

$

(2,835

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

 

 

32,345,823

 

 

 

31,138,398

 

Weighted-average common shares and common share
   equivalents outstanding

 

 

32,345,823

 

 

 

31,138,398

 

Net loss per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.21

)

 

$

(0.09

)

Diluted

 

$

(0.21

)

 

$

(0.09

)

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 Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Numerator:       
Net loss (in thousands)$(1,433) $(1,086) $(11,666) $(4,996)
Denominator:       
Weighted-average common shares outstanding28,909,847
 28,258,742
 28,734,394
 28,106,209
Weighted-average common shares and common share equivalents outstanding28,909,847
 28,258,742
 28,734,394
 28,106,209
Net loss per common share:       
Basic$(0.05) $(0.04) $(0.41) $(0.18)
Diluted$(0.05) $(0.04) $(0.41) $(0.18)

The following table indicates the number of potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of dilutedDiluted net lossincome per common share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The number of shares areis as of the end of each period:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Common stock options

 

 

 

 

 

115,782

 

Restricted shares

 

 

582,506

 

 

 

1,081,452

 

Total

 

 

582,506

 

 

 

1,197,234

 

 December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016
Common stock options709,667
 1,561,953
Restricted shares1,545,209
 1,661,543
Total2,254,876
 3,223,496

NOTE 10 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three months ended December 31, 2017, Orion did not have any related party transactions. During the nine months ended December 31, 2017, Orion incurred a de minimis expense for consulting services provided by a member of its Board of Directors. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016, Orion purchased goods and services from an entity in the amount of approximately twenty-one thousand and fifty-three thousand dollars, respectively, at which time a director of Orion served as a minority owner and as the president and chairman of the board of directors of the entity.


NOTE 1112 — LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

 

 

June 30,
2023

 

 

March 31,
2023

 

Revolving credit facility

 

$

10,000

 

 

$

10,000

 

Equipment debt obligations

 

 

16

 

 

 

20

 

Total long-term debt

 

 

10,016

 

 

 

10,020

 

Less current maturities

 

 

(16

)

 

 

(17

)

Long-term debt, less current maturities

 

$

10,000

 

 

$

10,003

 

 December 31, 2017 March 31, 2017
Revolving credit facility$3,622
 $6,629
Equipment lease obligations204
 321
Customer equipment finance notes payable6
 7
Other long-term debt
 14
Total long-term debt3,832
 6,971
Less current maturities(85) (152)
Long-term debt, less current maturities$3,747
 $6,819

Revolving Credit Agreement

On December 29, 2020, Orion has an amendedentered into a new $25 million Loan and Security Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as lender (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement replaced Orion’s prior $20.15 million secured revolving credit and security agreement ("(the “Prior Credit Agreement"Agreement”) that.

The replacement of the Prior Credit Agreement with the Credit Agreement provides Orion with increased financing capacity and liquidity to fund its operations and implement its strategic plans.

The Credit Agreement provides for a five-year $25.0 million revolving credit facility ("(the “Credit Facility”) that matures on December 29, 2025. Borrowings under the Credit Facility")Facility are subject to a borrowing base requirement based on eligible receivables, inventory and inventory.cash. As of December 31, 2017, Orion'sJune 30, 2023, the borrowing base was approximately $3.8 million. Theof the Credit Facility has a maturity datesupports $18.6 million of February 6, 2019,availability, with $8.6 million of remaining availability net of $10.0 million borrowed.

Effective November 4, 2022, Orion, with Bank of America, N.A. as lender, executed Amendment No. 1 to its Credit Agreement. The primary purpose of the amendment was to include the assets of the acquired subsidiaries, Stay-Lite Lighting, Inc. ("Stay-Lite Lighting") and includes a $2.0 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit. As of December 31, 2017, Orion had no outstanding letters of credit. Borrowings outstandingVoltrek, as of December 31, 2017, amounted to approximately $3.6 million and are included in non-current liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. Orion estimates that as of December 31, 2017, it was eligible to borrow an additional $0.2 millionsecured collateral under the Credit Facility based upon current levelsAgreement. Accordingly, eligible assets of eligible inventoryStay-Lite and accounts receivable.

SubjectVoltrek will be included in each case to Orion's applicablethe borrowing base limitations,calculation for the purpose of establishing the monthly borrowing availability under the Credit Agreement. The amendment also clarified that the earn-out liabilities associated with the Stay-Lite and Voltrek transactions are permitted under the Credit Agreement otherwise provides for a $15.0 million Credit Facility. This limit may increase to $20.0 million based on a borrowing base requirement, if Orion satisfies certain conditions. Orion did not meetand that the requirements to increase the borrowing limit to $20.0 million as of July 31, 2017, the most recent measurement date.
From and after any increaseexpenses recognized in connection with those earn-outs should be added back in the Credit Facility limit from $15.0 million to $20.0 million,computation of EBITDA, as defined, under the Credit Agreement requires that Orion maintain, asAgreement.

As of the end of each month, a minimum ratio for the trailing twelve-month period of (i) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, subject to certain adjustments, to (ii) the sum of cash interest expense, certain principal payments on indebtedness and certain dividends, distributions and stock redemptions, equal to at least 1.10 to 1.00. The Credit Agreement contains additional customary covenants, including certain restrictions on Orion’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, consolidate or merge, enter into acquisitions, guarantee obligations of third parties, make loans or advances, declare or pay any dividend or distribution on Orion’s stock, redeem or repurchase shares of Orion’s stock, or pledge or dispose of assets.June 30, 2023, Orion was in compliance with its covenants in the Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2017.

Each subsidiary of Orion is a joint and several co-borrower or guarantor under the Credit Agreement, and the Credit Agreement is secured by a security interest in substantially all of Orion’s and each subsidiary’s personal property (excluding various assets relating to customer Orion Throughput Agreements ("OTAs") and a mortgage on certain real property.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at the daily three-month LIBOR plus 3.0% per annum, with a minimum interest charge for each year or portion of a year during the term of the Credit Agreement of $0.1 million, regardless of usage. As of December 31, 2017, the interest rate was 4.69%. Orion must pay an unused line fee of 0.25% per annum of the daily average unused amount of the Credit Facility and a letter of credit fee at the rate of 3.0% per annum on the undrawn amount of letters of credit outstanding from time to time under the Credit Facility.
Harris Seller's Note
On July 1, 2013, Orion issued an unsecured and subordinated promissory note in the principal amount of $3.1 million to partially fund the acquisition of Harris Manufacturing, Inc. and Harris LED, LLC (collectively, "Harris"). The note's interest rate was 4% per annum. Principal and interest were payable quarterly. The note matured in July 2016 and was paid in full upon maturity.
debt covenants.

Equipment LeaseDebt Obligations

In March 2016 and June 2015,February 2019, Orion entered into leaseadditional debt agreements with a financing company in the principal amount of nineteen$44 thousand dollars and $0.4 million, respectively,$30 thousand to fund the purchase of certain equipment. The leasesdebts are secured by the related equipment. The leasesdebts bear interest at a rate of 5.9%6.43% and 3.6%,8.77% per annum, respectively, and both debts mature in February 2018 and June 2020. Both leases contain a one dollar buyout option.January 2024.

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Customer Equipment Finance Notes Payable
In December 2014, Orion entered into a secured borrowing agreement with a financing company in the principal amount of $0.4 million to fund completed customer contracts under its OTA finance program that were previously funded under a different OTA credit agreement. The loan amount is secured by the OTA-related equipment and the expected future monthly payments under the supporting 25 individual OTA customer contracts. The borrowing agreement bears interest at a rate of 8.36% and matures in April 2018.
In June 2011, Orion entered into a note agreement with a financial institution that provided Orion with $2.8 million to fund completed customer contracts under Orion’s OTA finance program. The note bore interest at 7.85%. The note matured in April 2016 and was paid in full upon maturity.
Other Long-Term Debt
In September 2010, Orion entered into a note agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce that provided Orion with $0.3 million to fund Orion’s rooftop solar project at its Manitowoc facility. This note is included in the table above as other long-term debt. The note is collateralized by the related solar equipment. The note allowed for two years without interest accruing or principal payments due. Beginning in July 2012, the note bears interest at 2% and requires monthly payments of four thousand six hundred. The note matured in June 2017 and was paid in full upon maturity.

NOTE 1213 — INCOME TAXES

The

Orion’s income tax provision for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was determined by applying an estimated annual effective tax rate, of 1.6%based upon the facts and circumstances known, to lossbook income (loss) before income tax. The estimatedtax, adjusting for discrete items. Orion’s actual effective tax rate is adjusted each interim period, as appropriate, for changes in facts and circumstances. For the three month periodmonths ended December 31, 2016 was 0.1%. The estimated effectiveJune 30, 2023 and 2022, Orion recorded income tax rate was determined by applying statutory tax rates to pretax loss adjusted for certain permanent book to tax differencesexpense (benefit) of $42 thousand and tax credits.

The income tax provision for the nine months ended December 31, 2017 was determined by applying an estimated effective tax rate of 0.2% to loss before income tax. The estimated effective tax rate for the nine month period ended December 31, 2016 was (0.4)%. The estimated effective income tax rate was determined by applying statutory tax rates to pretax loss adjusted for certain permanent book to tax differences and tax credits.
Orion is eligible for tax benefits associated with the excess of the tax deduction available for exercises of non-qualified stock options (NQSOs) over the amount recorded at grant. The amount of the benefit is based upon the ultimate deduction reflected in the applicable income tax return.
$(0.8) million, respectively, using this methodology.

As of DecemberJune 30, 2023 and March 31, 2017,2023, Orion had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $80.6 million. Orion also had state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $68.7 million. Orion also had federal tax credit carryforwards of approximately $1.4 million and state tax credits of $0.7 million. Orion's net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards will begin to expire in varying amounts between 2020 and 2038. As of December 31, 2017, Orion had recorded a full valuation allowance of $24.0 million equaling theagainst its net deferred tax asset due to the uncertainty of its realizable value in the future.balance. Orion considers future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for the valuation allowance. In the event that Orion determines that the deferred tax assets are able to be realized, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would increase income in the period such determination is made.

The Tax Cut

As of each reporting date, management considers new evidence, both positive and Jobs Act ("Act") was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act reducesnegative, that could affect its view of the U.S. federal corporatefuture realization of deferred tax rate from 35% to 21%, requires companies to pay a one-time transitionassets. Orion considers future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred, and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. At December 31, 2017, Orion had not completed its accountingplanning strategies in assessing the need for the tax effectsvaluation allowance. In the event that Orion determines that the more or less of enactment of the Act; however, as described below, Orion has made a reasonable estimate of the effects on its existing deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax.

Orion remeasured its deferred tax assets based on the rates at which they are expectedable to reverse in the future, which is generally the 21% federal corporate tax rate. The provisional amount recorded related to the remeasurement of its deferred tax balance decreased deferred tax assets by $11.3 million. This decrease to deferred tax assets was fully offset by a corresponding decreasebe realized, an adjustment to the valuation allowance. There is no impact onallowance would be reflected in the current yearcompany’s provision for income tax expense for the federal corporate tax rate change due to Orion's current year taxable loss.
The Act also requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on Orion's total post-1986 earnings and profits ("E&P") of its foreign subsidiary that were previously tax deferred from US income taxes. Since Orion's foreign subsidiary has negative E&P, there is no transition tax to be reported in its income tax expense.

Uncertain Tax Positions

As of December 31, 2017, theJune 30, 2023, Orion’s balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits was approximately $0.1$0.2 million, all of which would reduce Orion’s effective tax rate if recognized.

Orion has classified the amounts recorded for uncertain tax benefits in the balance sheet as otherOther long-term liabilities (non-current) to the extent that payment is not anticipated within one year. Orion recognizes penalties and interest related to uncertain tax liabilities in income tax (benefit) expense. Penalties and interest are immaterial and are included in the unrecognized tax benefits.

NOTE 1314 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Leases
Orion leases office space and equipment under operating leases expiring at various dates through 2020. Rent expense under operating leases was $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $0.7 million and $0.6 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
On April 28, 2017, Orion renewed the lease for its Jacksonville, Florida office space for an additional three-year term with annual rent expense of approximately $0.1 million.
On March 31, 2016, Orion entered into a purchase and sale agreement with a third party to sell and leaseback Orion's manufacturing and distribution facility for gross cash proceeds of $2.6 million. The transaction closed on June 30, 2016.

Litigation

Orion is subject to various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. As of the date of this report, Orion is unable to currently assess whetherdoes not believe the final resolution of any of such claims or legal proceedings maywill have a material adverse effect on ourOrion’s future results of operations. In addition to ordinary-course litigation, Orion is a party to the proceedings described below.

On March 27, 2014, Orion was named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by Neal R. Verfuerth, a former chief executive officer who was terminated for cause in November 2012, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Green Bay Division). The plaintiff alleged, among other things, that Orion breached certain agreements entered into with the plaintiff, including the plaintiff’s employment agreement, and violated certain laws. The complaint sought, among other relief, unspecified pecuniary and compensatory damages, fees and such other relief as the court may deem just and proper. On November 4, 2014, the court granted Orion's motion to dismiss six of the plaintiff's claims. On January 9, 2015, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint re-alleging claims that were dismissed by the court, including, among other things, a retaliation claim and certain claims with respect to prior management agreements and certain intellectual property rights. On January 22, 2015, Orion filed a motion to dismiss and a motion to strike certain of the claims made in the amended complaint. On May 18, 2015, the court dismissed the intellectual property claims re-alleged in the January 9, 2015 amended complaint. At the court's direction, the parties attempted to mediate the matter in May 2016, but were unsuccessful in resolving the matter.
On August 25, 2016, the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Green Bay Division) dismissed all claims against Orion brought by the plaintiff, including his claims that Orion had allegedly breached the plaintiff’s employment agreement and had allegedly violated the plaintiff's whistleblower rights. On September 22, 2016, the plaintiff filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals challenging the judgment rendered on August 25, 2016. After the court-mandated mediation was unsuccessful, the plaintiff moved forward with his appeal focusing only on the District Court's dismissal of his whistleblower claims. The oral arguments for the appeal were held on September 27, 2017.
On January 11, 2018, a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit unanimously affirmed the dismissal of all of the plaintiff’s claims against Orion. It is currently uncertain whether the plaintiff intends to appeal the decision.
If the plaintiff chooses to appeal the decision, Orion intends to continue to defend against the claims vigorously. Orion believes it has substantial legal and factual defenses to the claims and allegations remaining in the case and that Orion will prevail in any further proceedings. Based upon the current status of the lawsuit, Orion does not believe that it is reasonably possible that the lawsuit will have a material adverse impact on its future continuing results of operations.
On November 10, 2017, a purported Orion shareholder, Stephen Narten, filed a civil lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Manitowoc County against those individuals who served on Orion’s Board of Directors during fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 and certain current and former officers during the same period. The plaintiff, who purports to bring the suit derivatively on behalf of Orion, alleges that the director defendants breached their fiduciary duties in connection with granting certain stock-based incentive awards under Orion’s 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan and that the directors and current and former officers breached their fiduciary duties by accepting those awards.  On January 22, 2018, Orion moved to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.  Orion intends to defend against the claims vigorously. Orion believes that

it has substantial defenses to the claims in this proceeding.  Based upon the current status of the lawsuit, Orion does not believe that it is reasonably possible that the lawsuit will have a material adverse impact on its future continuing results of operations.
operations or financial condition.

State Tax Assessment

In June 2016, Orion negotiated a settlement with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue with respect to an assessment regarding the proper classification of its products for tax purposes under Wisconsin law for $0.5 million.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2017,fiscal year 2018, Orion was notified of a pending sales and use tax audit by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for the period covering April 1, 2013 through March 31, 2017. Although the final resolution of the Company’sThis sales and use tax audit is uncertain, based on current information, inwas settled during the opinion of the Company’s management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet, statements of operations, or liquidity.quarter ended June 30, 2022 with no tax adjustment.

NOTE 1415 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In August 2010, Orion’s boardBoard of directorsDirectors approved a non-compensatory employee stock purchase plan, or ESPP.“ESPP”. In the three months ended June 30, 2023, Orion issued 700 shares under the following shares from treasury duringESPP plan at a closing market price of $1.63. In the ninethree months ended December 31, 2017:

 Shares Issued Under ESPP
Plan
 Closing Market
Price
 
Quarter Ended June 30, 20172,150
 $1.28 
Quarter Ended September 30, 20172,681
 $1.12 
Quarter Ended December 31, 20173,446
 $0.88 
Total issued in fiscal 20188,277
 $0.88 - 1.28 
In prior years,June 30, 2022, Orion issued loans443 shares under the ESPP plan at a closing market price of $2.01.

Sale of shares

In March 2023, Orion filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the shelf registration statement, Orion currently has the flexibility to non-executive employeespublicly offer and sell from time to purchase shares time up to $100 million

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of its stock.debt and/or equity securities. The loan program has been discontinued and new loans are no longer issued. Asfiling of the shelf registration statement may help facilitate Orion’s ability to raise public equity or debt capital to expand existing businesses, fund potential acquisitions, invest in other growth opportunities, repay existing debt, or for other general corporate purposes.

In March 31, 2017, four thousand dollars of such loans remained outstanding and were reflected on Orion’s balance sheet as a contra-equity account. During the nine months ended December 31, 2017,2021, Orion entered into agreements withan At Market Issuance Sales Agreement to undertake an “at the counterpartiesmarket” (ATM) public equity capital raising program pursuant to these loans. In exchange forwhich Orion may offer and sell shares of common stock from time to time, having an aggregate offering price of up to $50 million. No share sales have been effected pursuant to the forgiveness of their outstanding loan balance, the employees returned their shares to Orion. As a result of these transactions, 1,230 shares were recorded within treasury stock and the loan balances were eliminated.ATM program through June 30, 2023.

NOTE 1516 — STOCK OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED SHARES

At Orion's 2016 Annual MeetingOrion’s 2019 annual meeting of Shareholdersshareholders held on August 3, 2016, Orion's7, 2019, Orion’s shareholders approved the Orion Energy Systems, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Plan"“Amended 2016 Plan”). The Amended 2016 Plan increased the number of shares of Orion’s common stock available for issuance under the Amended 2016 Plan from 1,750,000 shares to 3,500,000 shares (an increase of 1,750,000 shares); added a minimum vesting period for all awards granted under the Amended 2016 Plan (with limited exceptions); and added a specific prohibition on the payment of dividends and dividend equivalents on unvested awards.

The Amended 2016 Plan authorizes grants of equity-based and incentive cash awards to eligible participants designated by the Plan's administrator. Awards under the Amended 2016 Plan may consist of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, incentive awards or dividend equivalent units.

Prior to shareholder approval of the 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the CompanyOrion maintained its 2004 Stock and Incentive Awards Plan, as amended, which authorized the grant of cash and equity awards to employees (the “Former“2004 Plan”). No new awards are being granted under the Former2004 Plan; however, all awards granted under the Former2004 Plan that wereare outstanding as of August 3, 2016 will continue to be governed by the Former2004 Plan.

Certain non-employee directors have elected to receive stock Forfeited awards in lieu of cash compensation pursuant to elections madeoriginally issued under Orion’s non-employee director compensation program.the 2004 Plan are canceled and are not available for subsequent issuance under the 2004 Plan or under the Amended 2016 Plan. The plansAmended 2016 Plan and the 2004 Plan also permit accelerated vesting in the event of certain changes of control of Orion as well as under other special circumstances.

Certain non-employee directors have from time to time elected to receive stock awards in lieu of cash compensation pursuant to elections made under Orion’s non-employee director compensation program.

The following amounts of stock-based compensation were recorded (dollars in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Cost of product revenue

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

General and administrative

 

 

182

 

 

 

250

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

4

 

 

 

2

 

Research and development

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Total

 

$

188

 

 

$

254

 


 Three Months Ended December 31, Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Cost of product revenue$1
 $7
 $11
 $30
General and administrative205
 283
 722
 1,035
Sales and marketing34
 64
 113
 116
Research and development10
 30
 22
 71
Total$250
 $384
 $868
 $1,252

During the first ninethree months of fiscal 2018,ended June 30, 2023, Orion had the following activity related to its stock-based compensation:compensation. Restricted shares includes both performance-vesting restricted stock and time vesting-restricted stock.

 

 

Restricted Shares

 

 

Stock Options

 

Awards outstanding at March 31, 2023

 

 

743,454

 

 

 

73,136

 

Awards granted

 

 

50,753

 

 

 

 

Awards vested or exercised

 

 

(206,451

)

 

 

 

Awards forfeited

 

 

(5,250

)

 

 

(73,136

)

Awards outstanding at June 30, 2023

 

 

582,506

 

 

 

 

Per share weighted average price on grant date

 

$

1.66

 

 

 

 

 Restricted SharesStock Options
Balance at March 31, 20171,704,543
1,520,953
Awards granted730,410

Awards vested(592,851)
Awards forfeited(296,893)(811,286)
Awards outstanding at December 31, 20171,545,209
709,667
Per share price on grant date$0.88 - $1.95

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As of December 31, 2017,June 30, 2023, the amount of deferred stock-based compensation expense to be recognized, over a remaining period of 2.0 years, was approximately $1.6$1.1 million.


NOTE 1617 — SEGMENTS

Reportable segments are components of an entity that have separate financial data that the entity's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") regularly reviews when allocating resources and assessing performance. Orion's CODM is the chief executive officer. Previously, Orion has the following businesshad four reportable segments: Orion U.S. MarketsServices Group Division ("USM"OSG"), Orion Engineered Services Division ("OES") and Orion Distribution Services Division ("ODS"). The accounting policies are the same for each business segment as they are on a consolidated basis.

, Orion U.S. Markets Division ("USM"(“USM”)
The USM segment sells commercial lighting systems and energy management systemsOrion Electric Vehicle Charging Division (“EV Division”). Effective during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, Orion began to evaluate and report the business using three segments: Orion Lighting Division, Orion Maintenance Division and Orion Electric Vehicle Charging Division (“EV Division”). Orion configured its fiscal 2024 plan in order to compare actual performance to plan performance for these segments. Due to the wholesale contractor markets. USM customers include ESCOs and electrical contractors. A significant portionchange in composition of reportable segments in the historic salesfirst quarter of this division have migrated to distribution channel sales asfiscal 2024, the corresponding segment information for fiscal year 2023 has been restated for presentation on a result of the implementation of Orion’s agent distribution strategy. comparable basis.

Lighting Segment

The migrated sales are included in Orion's ODS Division.

Orion Engineered Systems Division ("OES")
The OES segmentLighting Segment develops and sells lighting products and provides construction and engineering services for Orion's commercial lighting and energy management systems. OESThe Lighting Segment provides engineering, design, lighting products and in many cases turnkey solutions for large national accounts, governments, municipalities, schools and schools.
Orion Distribution Services Division ("ODS")
The ODS segment focuses on sellingother customers mostly through direct sales and also sells lighting products throughthough manufacturer representative agencies and a network of broadline North American distributors. This segment is expanding as a result of increased salesto the wholesale contractor markets through energy service companies and contractors.

Maintenance Segment

The Maintenance Segment provides retailers, distributors as Orion continuesand other businesses with maintenance, repair and replacement services for the lighting and related electrical components deployed in their facilities.

Electric Vehicle Charging Segment

The Electric Vehicle Charging Segment offers leading electric vehicle charging expertise, sells and installs sourced electric vehicle charging stations with related software subscriptions and renewals and provides EV turnkey installation solutions with ongoing support to develop its agent distribution strategy. This expansion includes the migration of customers from direct sales previously included in the USM division.


all commercial verticals.

Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other is comprised of operating expenses not directly allocated to Orion’s segments and adjustments to reconcile to consolidated results (dollars in thousands).

 

 

Revenues

 

 

Operating Loss

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

Segments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting Segment

 

$

12,621

 

 

$

13,852

 

 

$

(766

)

 

$

(1,004

)

 

$

28,025

 

 

$

25,009

 

Maintenance Segment

 

 

3,754

 

 

 

4,054

 

 

 

(1,840

)

 

 

(290

)

 

 

8,250

 

 

 

10,372

 

Electric Vehicle Charging Segment

 

 

1,238

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,934

)

 

 

 

 

 

9,945

 

 

 

11,501

 

Corporate and Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,857

)

 

 

(2,323

)

 

 

17,926

 

 

 

24,697

 

 

 

$

17,613

 

 

$

17,906

 

 

$

(6,397

)

 

$

(3,617

)

 

$

64,146

 

 

$

71,579

 

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 Revenues Operating Income (Loss)
 For the Three Months Ended December 31, For the Three Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Segments:       
Orion U.S. Markets$2,168
 $5,368
 $(520) $367
Orion Engineered Systems7,316
 8,288
 185
 (81)
Orion Distribution Services7,779
 6,961
 224
 229
Corporate and Other
 
 (1,248) (1,543)
 $17,263
 $20,617
 $(1,359) $(1,028)

 Revenues Operating Income (Loss)
 For the Nine Months Ended December 31, For the Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Segments:       
Orion U.S. Markets$6,388
 $16,462
 $(2,970) $558
Orion Engineered Systems18,857
 22,062
 (2,891) (878)
Orion Distribution Services19,998
 16,397
 (564) (132)
Corporate and Other
 
 (4,968) (4,823)
 $45,243
 $54,921
 $(11,393) $(5,275)

NOTE 18 — ACQUISITION

Acquisition of Voltrek

Effective on October 5, 2022, Orion acquired all the membership interests of Voltrek, an electric vehicle charging station solutions provider for a purchase price of $5.0 million in cash and $1.0 million of shares of common stock of Orion, subject to normal and customary closing adjustments of $0.9 million (the “Voltrek Acquisition”). In addition, depending upon the relative EBITDA growth of Voltrek’s business in fiscal 2023, 2024 and 2025, Orion could pay up to an additional $3.0 million, $3.5 million and $7.15 million, respectively, in earn-out payments. These compensatory payments do not fall within the scope of ASC 805, Business Combinations, and will be expensed over the course of the earn-out periods to the extent they are earned. As of June 30, 2023, Orion recorded $3.0 million to accrued expenses for the fiscal 2023 earn-out opportunity and an additional $2.1 million to other long-term liabilities for the cumulative potential earn-out opportunity which would be paid in fiscal 2026. The Voltrek Acquisition was funded with cash and Orion shares. Voltrek operates as Voltrek, an Orion Energy Systems business. The Voltrek Acquisition leverages Orion’s project management and maintenance expertise into a rapidly growing sector.

Orion has accounted for the Voltrek Acquisition as a business combination. Orion has allocated the purchase price of approximately $6.9 million to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at estimated fair values, and the excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair values is recorded as goodwill. The purchase price and closing adjustments were paid in cash and 620,067 shares of common stock with a total fair market value of $1.0 million, which is recorded in the opening balance sheet at fair value of $0.8 million, the discount on which is due to lock-up requirements on the shares.

The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation for Voltrek:

(in thousands)

 

Opening Balance Sheet

 

Cash

 

$

416

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

1,363

 

Revenue earned but not billed

 

 

325

 

Inventory

 

 

880

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

39

 

Property and equipment

 

 

4

 

Goodwill

 

 

920

 

Other intangible assets

 

 

4,300

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

223

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(1,133

)

Accrued expenses and other

 

 

(286

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(180

)

Net purchase consideration

 

$

6,871

 

Goodwill recorded from the Voltrek Acquisition is attributable to the skillset of the acquired workforce. The goodwill resulting from the Voltrek Acquisition is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The intangible assets include amounts recognized for the fair value of the trade name, vendor relationship and customer relationships.

The tradename intangible asset was valued using a relief from royalty method. The significant assumptions used include the estimated revenue and royalty rate, among other factors.
The vendor relationship intangible asset was valued using the income approach – excess earnings method. The significant assumptions include estimated revenue, cost of goods sold, and probability of renewal, among other factors.

The customer relationship intangible asset was valued using the income approach – with-and-without method. The significant assumptions include estimated cash flows (including appropriate revenue, cost of revenue and operating expenses attributable to the asset, retention rate, among other factors), and discount rate, reflecting the risks inherent in the future cash flow stream, among other factors.

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The categorization of the framework used to measure fair value of the intangible assets is considered to be within the Level 3 valuation hierarchy due to the subjective nature of the unobservable inputs used.

The following table presents the details of the intangible assets acquired at the date of Voltrek Acquisition (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Estimated
Fair Value

 

Estimated Useful Life (Years)

 

Tradename

 

$

300

 

 

5

 

Vendor relationship

 

 

2,600

 

 

7

 

Customer relationships

 

 

1,400

 

 

3

 

Voltrek's post-acquisition results of operations since October 5, 2022 are included in Orion’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The operating results of Voltrek are included in the EV segment. See note 17 — REORGANIZATION OF BUSINESS

During– Segments, for results.

Transaction costs related to the nine months ended December 31, 2017, Orion implemented a reorganization and targeted cost savings plan. As a result, Orion entered into separation agreements with 20 employees. DuringVoltrek Acquisition are recorded in acquisition costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Transaction costs totaled $0.1 million in the three months ended December 31, 2017, Orion recognized approximately nineteenJune 30, 2023 and $14 thousand in savings due to outplacement services not used. For the ninethree months ended December 31, 2017,June 30, 2022, respectively.

If Voltrek was acquired on April 1, 2022, the pro forma Orion recognized $2.0 million of restructuring expense consisting of severance, outplacement services, and continued medical benefits for terminated employees for a limited post-employment period. The restructuring expenserevenue for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 is reflected within Orion’s condensed statementJune 30, 2022 would have been $19.1 million and proforma net loss would have been $(3.2) million.

The pro forma information was determined based on the historical results of operations as follows (dollars in thousands):


 Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
 20172017
Cost of product revenue$(7)$33
General and administrative(7)1,808
Sales and marketing(5)178
Total$(19)$2,019










Total restructuring expense by segment was recorded as follows (dollars in thousands):
 Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
 20172017
Orion Distribution Systems$(5)$84
Corporate and Other(14)1,935
Total$(19)$2,019
Orion recorded no restructuring expenseand unaudited financial results from Voltrek. These proforma results reflect additional depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to property, plant, and equipment and intangible asset occurred at the Orion U.S. Markets or Orion Engineered Systems segments.
The following table displays a rollforwardbeginning of the reorganizationperiod, along with consequential tax effects. The unaudited pro forma results have been prepared for comparative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what would have occurred had the business accruals established for employee separation costs from March 31, 2017 to December 31, 2017 (dollars in thousands):

 March 31, 2017AdditionsAmounts UsedDecember 31, 2017
Employee separation costs$
$1,876
$(1,635)$241
Post-employment medical benefits (1)
143
(4)139
Total$
$2,019
$(1,639)$380
(1)The severance agreement with one executive included a long-term post-employment medical benefit which will be paid over a period of approximately twelve years. Orion recorded a liability for the net present value of this obligation based on the current cost of premiums for this individual’s medical coverage increased by an estimated health care cost trend of 6.8% decreasing to 5% in nine years. This benefit is reflected in Orion’s condensed consolidated balance sheet within accrued expenses and other and other long-term liabilities.
The remaining accrualcombinations been completed at the beginning of $0.4 million for employee separation costs is expected to be paid within the next twelve months.
Duringperiod or the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, Orion identified and implemented further expense reduction initiatives, including not renewing the lease for its Chicago office which was due to expire in May 2018, as well as related workforce reductions and other streamlining initiatives,results that it expects will result in annualized cost savings of approximately $1.5 million. As these are fourth quarter events, restructuring expense related to these actions will be recognizedmay occur in the fourth quarterfuture. Furthermore, the unaudited pro forma financial information does not reflect the impact of fiscal 2018.
NOTE 18 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent events are events or transactions that occur afterany synergies resulting from the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued. Recognized subsequent events are events or transactions that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance sheet, including the estimates inherent in the process of preparing financial statements. Non-recognized subsequent events are events that provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the date of the balance sheet but arose after that date. Management has reviewed events occurring through the date the financial statements were issued and noted no subsequent event requiring accrual or disclosure. See discussion related to litigation matters in Note 13 and new reorganization and cost cutting measures in Note 17 and the MD&A.acquisitions.



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ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statementsCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in this Form 10-Q, as well as our audited consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.

2023.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, prospects, financial condition, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and are “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined under the federal securities laws. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “believe”, “anticipate”, “should”, “intend”, “plan”, “will”, “expects”, “estimates”, “projects”, “positioned”, “strategy”, “outlook” and similar words. You should read the statements that contain these types of words carefully. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number ofseveral risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. There may be events in the future that we are not able to predict accurately or over which we have no control. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.2023. We urge you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to such forward-looking statements to reflect events or uncertainties after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Overview

We are a leading designer and manufacturerprovide state-of-the-art light emitting diode (“LED”) lighting systems, wireless Internet of high-performance, energy-efficient LED and other lighting platforms. We research, develop, design, manufacture, market, sell and implement energy management systems consisting primarily of high-performance, energy-efficientThings (“IoT”) enabled control solutions, commercial and industrial interiorelectric vehicle (“EV”) charging infrastructure solutions and exterior lighting systemsmaintenance services. We help our customers achieve their sustainability, energy savings and related services. Ourcarbon footprint reduction goals through innovative technology and exceptional service. We sell our products are targeted for applications in three primaryand services into many vertical markets within the broader commercial and industrial market segments:segment. Primary verticals include: big box retail, manufacturing, warehousing/logistics, commercial office, federal and retail, area lightingmunicipal government, healthcare and industrial applications, although we do sellschools. Our services consist of turnkey installation and install products into other markets.system maintenance. Virtually all of our sales occur within North America.

Our lighting products consist primarily of light emitting diode ("LED")LED lighting fixtures.fixtures, many of which include IoT enabled control systems. Our principal lighting customers include large national account end-users, federal and state government facilities, large regional account end-users, electrical distributors, electrical contractors and energy service companies ("ESCOs"(“ESCOs”) and electrical contractors.. Currently, substantially allmost of our lighting products are manufactured at our leased production facility locationlocated in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, although as the LED and related IoT market continues to evolve, we are increasingly sourcing products and components from third parties as the LED market continues to evolve and in order to provide versatility in our product development.

We differentiate ourselves from our competitors through offering comprehensive project management services to national account customers to retrofit their multiple locations. Our comprehensive services include initial site surveys and audits, utility incentive and government subsidy management, engineering design, and project management from delivery through to installation and controls integration. In addition, we began to offer lighting and electrical maintenance services in fiscal 2021 which enables us to support a lifetime business relationship with our customer (which we call “Customers for Life”). We completed the Stay-Lite Lighting acquisition on January 1, 2022, which has allowed us to further expand our maintenance services capabilities. We completed the acquisition of Voltrek on October 5, 2022, which has allowed us to further expand our turnkey services capabilities as well as capitalize on the rapidly growing market for EV charging solutions.

We believe the market for LED lighting products has shiftedand related controls continues to LED lighting systems, and that the customer base for our legacy high intensity fluorescent ("HIF") technology products will continue to decline. Compared to our legacy lighting systems, we believe that LED lighting technology allows for better optical performance, significantly reduced maintenance costs due to performance longevity and reduced energy consumption.grow. Due to their size and flexibility in application, we also believe that LED lighting systems can address opportunities for retrofit applications that cannot be satisfied

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by fluorescent or other legacylighting technologies. Our LED lighting technologies have becomebeen the primary component of our revenue as we continue to strive to be a leader in the LED market. Although

In fiscal 2022, we continuecontinued to sell somesuccessfully capitalize on our capability of being a full service, turn-key provider of LED lighting products usingand controls systems with design, build, installation and project management services, as we continued a very large project for a major national account. As a result of this success, we have evolved our legacy HIF technology, we do not buildbusiness strategy to stock HIFfocus on further expanding the nature and scope of our products and instead buildservices offered to committed customer orders as received.our customers. This further expansion of our products and services includes pursuing projects to develop recurring revenue streams, including providing lighting and electrical maintenance services and utilizing control sensor technology to collect data and assisting customers in the digitization of this data, along with other potential services. We planalso are pursuing the expansion of our IoT, “smart-building” and “connected ceiling” and other related technology, software and controls products and services that we offer to continueour customers. While we currently intend to primarily focus on developingpursue these expansion strategies organically, we also may explore potential additional business acquisitions, like our acquisition of Stay-Lite Lighting and selling innovative LED products.

Voltrek, which have more quickly added these types of expanded and different capabilities to our product and services offerings.

We generally do not have long-term contracts with our customers for product or turnkey services that provide us with recurring revenue from period to period and weannual revenue. However, our maintenance services contracts usually consist of multi-year arrangements. We typically generate substantially all of our revenue from sales of lighting and control systems and related services to governmental, commercial and industrial customers on a project-by-project basis. We also perform work under master services or product purchasing agreements with major customers with sales completed on a purchase order basis. In addition, in order to provide quality and timely service under our multi-location master retrofit agreements we are required to make substantial working capital expenditures and advance inventory purchases that we may not be able to recoup if the agreements or a substantial volume of purchase orders under the agreements are delayed or terminated. The loss of, or substantial reduction in sales to, any of our significant customers, or our current single largest customer, or the termination or delay of a significant volume of purchase orders by one or more key customers, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in any given future period.

We typically sell our lighting systems in replacement of our customers’ existing fixtures. We call this replacement process a “retrofit.”"retrofit". We frequently engage our customer’s existing electrical contractor to provide installation and project management services. We also sell our lighting systems on a wholesale basis, principally to electrical contractors, electrical distributors and ESCOs to sell to their own customer bases.

Our ability to achieve our desired revenue growth and profitability goals depends on our ability to effectively engage distribution and sales agents, develop recurring revenue streams, implement our cost reduction initiatives, and improve our marketing, new product development, project management, margin enhancement and operating expense management, as well as other factors. In addition, the

The gross margins of our products can vary significantly depending upon the types of products we sell, with margins typically ranging from 15%10% to 50%. As a result, a change in the total mix of our sales towardamong higher or lower margin products can cause our profitability to fluctuate from period to period.

Our fiscal year ends on March 31. Our current fiscal year ends on March 31, 2024 and is referred to as “fiscal 2024”. We refer to our just completed fiscal year, which ended on March 31, 2023, as "fiscal 2023", and our prior fiscal year which ended on March 31, 20172022 as "fiscal 2017", and our current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2018, as “fiscal 2018.”2022". Our fiscal first quarter of each fiscal year ends on June 30,


our fiscal second quarter ends on September 30, our fiscal third quarter ends on December 31 and our fiscal fourth quarter ends on March 31.

Reportable segments are components of an entity that have separate financial data that the entity's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") regularly reviews when allocating resources and assessing performance. Our CODM is our chief executive officer. Orion has threePreviously, we had four reportable segments: Orion U.S. MarketsServices Group Division ("USM"OSG"), Orion Engineered Systems Division ("OES"), and Orion Distribution Services Division ("ODS").

Market Shift to Light Emitting Diode Products
The rapid market shift in the lighting industry from legacy lighting products to LED lighting products has caused us to adopt new strategies, approaches and processes in order to respond proactively to this industry transition. These changing underlying business fundamentals in this transition include:
Rapidly declining LED component costs and LED product end user customer pricing pressure.
Improving LED product performance and reducing customer return on investment payback periods resulting in increased customer preference for LED lighting products compared to legacy lighting products.
Increasing LED lighting product customer sales compared to decreasing HIF product sales.
A broader and more diverse customer base and market opportunities compared to our historical commercial and industrial facility customers.
Increased importance of highly innovative product designs and features and enhanced product research and development capabilities requiring rapid new product introduction and new methods of product and company differentiation.
Significantly reduced product technology life cycles; significantly shorter product inventory shelf lives and the related increased risk of rapidly occurring product technology obsolescence.
Increased reliance on international component sources.
Less internal product fabrication and production capabilities needed to support LED product assembly.
Different and broader types of components, fabrication and assembly processes needed to support LED product assembly compared to our legacy products.
Expanding customer bases and sales channels.
Significantly longer end user product warranty requirements for LED products compared to our legacy products.
As we continue to focus our primary business on selling our LED product lines to respond to the rapidly changing market dynamics in the lighting industry, we face intense competition from an increased number of other LED product companies, a number of which have substantially greater resources and more experience and history with LED lighting products than we do.
Management Restructuring and Focus on Profitability
On May 25, 2017, our Board of Directors restructured our management team. As part of this restructuring, our Chief Executive Officer, John Scribante, left our Company and Mike Altschaefl, our current Board Chair, assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Scott Green, our Executive Vice President, became our new Chief Operating Officer, with ongoing primary responsibility for improving our revenue generation. Mike Potts and Marc Meade, our then current Executive Vice Presidents, remained in their positions and were assigned primary responsibility for substantially reducing our cost structure and for streamlining operations. Bill Hull remained in his position as Chief Financial Officer.
On June 30, 2017, Mike Potts decided to retire as our Chief Risk Officer and Executive Vice President effective as of August 30, 2017. Mr. Potts continues to serve as a member of our Board of Directors and will continue to provide consulting services to us.
Our market and product strategies have not changed. We have renewed our focus on execution, including a reduction in our cost structure. Our restructured management team has developed a plan to achieve breakeven earnings (excluding employee separation costs) before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or EBITDA, through the implementation of the following cost reduction measures:
Constant monitoring and management of manufacturing overhead costs to ensure we continue to deliver strong gross margins amid an increasingly competitive market landscape;
Reducing staff positions through a targeted reduction in existing headcount;
Reductions in the total compensation of our executive management and board of directors;
Reductions in operating expenses, including better control of legal spending, elimination of our racing program and removal of various non-critical back office programs and initiatives.

We believe the above cost reduction plan, including the impact of fourth quarter fiscal 2018 actions, will result in annualized cost savings of approximately $6.0 million. These cost reductions, coupled with our renewed focus on sales channel execution, will help to drive revenue growth and accelerate our path to profitability.
During the first nine months of fiscal 2018, we executed on the majority of these plans by entering into separation agreements with 20 employees and recognized $2.0 million of expense for the nine months ended December 31, 2017 in employee separation related costs. During the three months ended December 31, 2017, we recognized approximately nineteen thousand in savings due to outplacement services not used. Our restructuring expense for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 is reflected within our condensed consolidated statements of operations as follows (dollars in thousands):
 Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
 20172017
Cost of product revenue$(7)$33
General and administrative(7)1,808
Sales and marketing(5)178
Total$(19)$2,019
Total restructuring expense by segment was recorded as follows (dollars in thousands):
 Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,
 20172017
Orion Distribution Systems$(5)$84
Corporate and Other(14)1,935
Total$(19)$2,019
We recorded no restructuring expense to the, Orion U.S. Markets orDivision (“USM”) and Orion Engineered Systems segments.
Cash payments for employee separation costs in connection withElectric Vehicle Charging Division (“EV Division”). Effective during the reorganization of business plans were $1.5 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2017. The remaining reorganization of business accruals as of December 31, 2017 were $0.5 million, of which $0.4 million relates to employee separation costs that are expected to be paid within one year. The remaining accrual of $0.1 million represents post-retirement medical benefits for one employee which will be paid over several years.
During the fourthfirst quarter of fiscal 2018,2024, we identifiedbegan to evaluate and implemented further expense reduction initiatives, including not renewingreport the lease for our Chicago office which was due to expire in May 2018, as well as related workforce reductionsbusiness using three segments: Orion Lighting Division, Orion Maintenance Division and other streamlining initiatives. We expect these actions will result in annualized cost savingsOrion Electric Vehicle Charging Division (“EV Division”).

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Acquisition

Acquisition of approximately $1.5 million, which is included in the total estimated annual cost savings of $6.0 million discussed above. As these are fourth quarter events, restructuring expense related to these actions will be recognized in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.

Impairment of Intangible Assets
During the quarter ended September 30, 2017,Voltrek

Effective on October 5, 2022, we reviewed our definite and indefinite lived assets for impairment as a result of our lower than anticipated operating results and recent forecast revisions. As a result of these assessments, we determined that the carrying value of our indefinite lived intangible asset related to the Harris trade name exceeded the asset’s fair value. As a result, we recorded an impairment charge of $0.7 million. No impairment was recorded in the three months ended December 31, 2017. A change in these assumptions or a change in circumstances could result in an impairment charge in a future period.

Fiscal 2018 Outlook
Despite lower than anticipated results for our three and the nine months ended December 31, 2017, we remain optimistic about our near-term and long-term financial performance. We remain confident in the value, performance, and return on investment of our lighting products. We believe that customer purchases of LED lighting systems will continue to increase in the near-term as expected improvements in LED performance and expected decreases in LED product costs make our LED products even more economically compelling to our customers.
Our near-term optimism is based upon: (i) our efforts to expand our distribution services customer base; (ii) our intentions to continue to selectively expand our sales force; (iii) our investments into new high-performance LED industrial lighting fixtures

(iv) recent and planned new product introductions; and (v) our efforts to improve our gross margin as a result of focused inventory management, our cost containment initiatives and the development of higher-performance LED products.
Our long-term optimism is based upon the factors below which we believe will directly or indirectly drive customer spending on LED lighting systems or will improve the profitability of our operations:
The considerable sizeacquired all of the outstanding membership interests of Voltrek LLC, a leading electric vehicle charging company that provides turnkey installation solutions with ongoing support to all commercial verticals. The initial purchase price consisted of $5.0 million cash and $1.0 million of stock. We also paid an additional $3.0 million based on Voltrek's performance in fiscal 2023 and could pay up to an additional $3.5 million and $7.15 million in compensatory consideration if Voltrek exceeds certain earnings targets in fiscal 2024 and 2025, respectively. The acquisition was funded from existing market opportunity for lighting retrofits, including the market opportunities in commercial office, manufacturing, healthcare, governmentcash and retail markets;
The continued developmentcredit resources and has been operating as Voltrek, a division of our new higher margin products and product enhancements, including our new LED product offerings;
Our efforts to expand our channels of distribution;
Our cost reduction initiatives which have included significant changes to our manufacturing operations to increase our flexibility and lower our cost structure;
LED adoption continues to grow in all sectors;
Commercial and industrial economic sentiment is strengthening;
Utility incentives continue to be available and are increasing as a percent of project costs in many areas;
The passage of tax regulatory reform could encourage capital spending;
Capital spending is increasing;
Business profits are increasing; and
Consumer spending remains strong.
Beyond the benefits of our lighting fixtures, we believe that there is also an opportunity to utilize our system platform as a “digital” or “connected ceiling”, or a framework or network that can support the installation and integration of other business solutions on our digital platform. This anticipated growth opportunity is also known as the “Industrial Internet of Things” or IoT, and is still early in its development; however, we have already participated in a few compelling applications that deliver cost savings and efficiency in areas outside of lighting.


Orion Energy Systems.

Results of Operations - Three Months Ended December 31, 2017June 30, 2023 versus Three Months Ended December 31, 2016

June 30, 2022

The following table sets forth the line items of our condensed consolidated statementsCondensed Consolidated Statements of operationsOperations and as a relative percentage of our total revenue for each applicable period, together with the relative percentage change in such line item between applicable comparable periods (dollars in thousands, except percentages):

 Three Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016   2017 2016
 Amount Amount %
Change
 % of
Revenue
 % of
Revenue
Product revenue$15,993
 $19,259
 (17.0)% 92.6 % 93.4 %
Service revenue1,270
 1,358
 (6.5)% 7.4 % 6.6 %
Total revenue17,263
 20,617
 (16.3)% 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cost of product revenue11,181
 13,577
 (17.6)% 64.8 % 65.8 %
Cost of service revenue966
 885
 9.2 % 5.6 % 4.3 %
Total cost of revenue12,147
 14,462
 (16.0)% 70.4 % 70.1 %
Gross profit5,116
 6,155
 (16.9)% 29.6 % 29.9 %
General and administrative expenses2,878
 3,541
 (18.7)% 16.7 % 17.2 %
Sales and marketing expenses2,981
 3,147
 (5.3)% 17.3 % 15.3 %
Research and development expenses616
 495
 24.4 % 3.5 % 2.4 %
Loss from operations(1,359) (1,028) (32.2)% (7.9)% (5.0)%
Interest expense(102) (65) (56.9)% (0.5)% (0.3)%
Interest income5
 7
 (28.6)%  %  %
Loss before income tax(1,456) (1,086) (34.1)% (8.4)% (5.3)%
Income tax benefit(23) 
 NM
 (0.1)%  %
Net loss$(1,433) $(1,086) (32.0)% (8.3)% (5.3)%

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Amount

 

 

%
Change

 

 

% of
Revenue

 

 

% of
Revenue

 

Product revenue

 

$

13,671

 

 

$

13,483

 

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

77.6

%

 

 

75.3

%

Service revenue

 

 

3,942

 

 

 

4,423

 

 

 

(10.9

)%

 

 

22.4

%

 

 

24.7

%

Total revenue

 

 

17,613

 

 

 

17,906

 

 

 

(1.6

)%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

Cost of product revenue

 

 

10,059

 

 

 

10,385

 

 

 

(3.1

)%

 

 

57.1

%

 

 

58.0

%

Cost of service revenue

 

 

4,383

 

 

 

3,967

 

 

 

10.5

%

 

 

24.9

%

 

 

22.2

%

Total cost of revenue

 

 

14,442

 

 

 

14,352

 

 

 

0.6

%

 

 

82.0

%

 

 

80.2

%

Gross profit

 

 

3,171

 

 

 

3,554

 

 

 

(10.8

)%

 

 

18.0

%

 

 

19.8

%

General and administrative expenses

 

 

5,739

 

 

 

3,754

 

 

 

52.9

%

 

 

32.6

%

 

 

21.0

%

Acquisition related costs

 

 

53

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

278.6

%

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

0.1

%

Sales and marketing expenses

 

 

3,296

 

 

 

2,889

 

 

 

14.1

%

 

 

18.7

%

 

 

16.1

%

Research and development expenses

 

 

480

 

 

 

514

 

 

 

(6.6

)%

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

2.9

%

Loss from operations

 

 

(6,397

)

 

 

(3,617

)

 

 

76.9

%

 

 

(36.3

)%

 

 

(20.2

)%

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(100.0

)%

 

 

 

 

 

(0.0

)%

Interest expense

 

 

(176

)

 

 

(17

)

 

 

935.3

%

 

 

(1.0

)%

 

 

(0.1

)%

Amortization of debt issue costs

 

 

(24

)

 

 

(15

)

 

 

60.0

%

 

 

(0.1

)%

 

 

(0.1

)%

Interest income

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

Loss before income tax

 

 

(6,595

)

 

 

(3,650

)

 

 

80.7

%

 

 

(37.4

)%

 

 

(20.4

)%

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

42

 

 

 

(815

)

 

NM

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

(4.6

)%

Net loss

 

$

(6,637

)

 

$

(2,835

)

 

 

134.1

%

 

 

(37.7

)%

 

 

(15.8

)%

*NM - Not Meaningful

Revenue. Product revenue decreased 17.0%, or $3.3 million, for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 versus the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The decrease in product revenue was primarily the result of the continued decline in fluorescent product sales, $2.1 million quarter over quarter, and a decrease of $1.0 million in LED lighting revenue. LED lighting revenue decreased by 6.4% from $15.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 to $14.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 primarily as a result of the timing of purchases by our direct customers. Service revenue decreased 6.5%, or $0.1 million, due to the timing of completion of installations in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 when compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2017. Total revenue decreased by 16.3%, or $3.4 million, primarily due to the items discussed above.

Revenue, Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin.Product revenue increased 1.4%, or $0.2 million, for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 versus the first quarter of fiscal 2023. Service revenue decreased 10.9%, or $0.5 million, for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 versus the first quarter of fiscal 2023. The resulting decrease in total revenue was due to variability in the timing of larger lighting projects offset by the addition of EV revenue. The decrease in the first quarter revenue was partially offset by revenues due to the acquisition Voltrek. Cost of product revenue decreased 17.6%by 3.1%, or $2.4$0.3 million, in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182024 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2017 primarily due to the decline in sales, partially offset by lower overhead absorption compared to the prior year period.2023. Cost of service revenue increased 9.2%by 10.5%, or $0.1$0.4 million, in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182024 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2017 primarily due to costs incurred on a large installation project and the timing of project completions.2023. Gross margin declined slightlydecreased from 29.9%19.8% of revenue in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20172023 to 29.6%18.0% in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2018,2024, due primarily reflecting lower overheadto reduced sales decreasing the absorption on lower revenue in the recent period.

of fixed costs.

22


Operating Expenses

General and Administrative.General and administrative expenses decreased 18.7%increased 52.9%, or $0.7$2.0 million, in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182024 compared to the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2017, primarily due to a decrease in wages as a result of headcount and salary reductions, legal expense, depreciation and amortization expense, and stock compensation expense.

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses decreased 5.3%, or $0.2 million, in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The decrease quarter over quarter was primarily due to reduced consulting and professional fees related to special events and field sales, partially offset by increased expenses focusing on additional sales activities.
Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased by 24.4%, or $0.1 million, in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2017 primarily due to increased testing and consulting costs.
Interest Expense. Interest expense in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 increased by 56.9%, or thirty-seven thousand dollars, from the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The2023. This comparative increase in interest expense was due to increased third party financing costs.

Interest Income. Interest income in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 decreased by 28.6%, or two thousand dollars, from the third quarter of fiscal 2017. Our interest income decreased as a result of the continued run-off of legacy customer financed projects.
Income Taxes. Income tax benefit of twenty-three thousand in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 primarily reflected federal tax refunds, offset by state tax liabilities. We recorded no income tax expense in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 as a result of our operating losses. Our normal income tax expense is due primarily to minimum state tax liabilities.

Orion U.S. Markets Division
The USM segment sells commercial lighting systems and energy management systems to the wholesale contractor markets. USM customers include ESCOs and electrical contractors. A significant portion of the historic sales of this division have migrated to distribution channel sales as a result of the implementation of our agent distribution strategy. The migrated sales are included in our ODS segment.
The following table summarizes our USM segment operating results (dollars in thousands):
 For the Three Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 %
Change
Revenues$2,168
 $5,368
 (59.6)%
Operating (loss) income$(520) $367
 NM
Operating margin(24.0)% 6.8%  
USM segment revenue decreased from the third quarter of fiscal 2017 by 59.6%, or $3.2 million. The decrease in revenue during the third quarter of fiscal 2018 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2017 was due to a $1.4 million decline in sales to select large direct customers. The remainder of the decline was due primarily to the migration of sales to our ODS segment.
The USM segment realized an operating loss in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 of $0.5 million as compared to operating income of $0.4 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The decline in the segment’s operating results was primarily due to the significant declineacquisition of Voltrek and a $1.1 million accrual of the expected Voltrek earn-out payment.

Acquisition Related Costs. Acquisition related costs were relatively flat, in sales period over period, including the migrationfirst quarter of salesfiscal 2024 compared to ODS, resultingthe first quarter of fiscal 2023.

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased 14.1%, or $0.4 million, in lost operating expense leverage.

Orion Engineered Systemsthe first quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2023. This comparative increase was primarily due to the acquisition of Voltrek.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses were relatively flat, in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2023.

Lighting Division

The OES segment

Our lighting division develops and sells lighting products and provides construction and engineering services for our commercial lighting and energy management systems. OESOur lighting division provides engineering, design, lighting products and in many cases turnkey solutions for large national accounts, governments, municipalities, schools and schools.


other customers mostly through direct sales and also sells lighting products though manufacturer representative agencies and to the wholesale contractor markets through ESCOs and contractors.

The following table summarizes our OES segmentlighting division operating results (dollars in thousands):

 For the Three Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 %
Change
Revenues$7,316
 $8,288
 (11.7)%
Operating income (loss)$185
 $(81) NM
Operating margin2.5% (1.0)%  
OES

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

%
Change

 

Revenues

 

$

12,621

 

 

$

13,852

 

 

 

(8.9

)%

Operating loss

 

$

(766

)

 

$

(1,004

)

 

 

23.7

%

Operating margin

 

 

(6.1

)%

 

 

(7.2

)%

 

 

 

Lighting division revenue decreased in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182024 decreased by 11.7%8.9%, or $1.0$1.2 million compared to the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2017 primarily as2023. The decrease in lighting division revenue was due to variability in the timing of larger lighting projects. The decrease in corresponding operating loss in this segment is a result of improved gross margin.

Maintenance Division

Our maintenance division provides retailers, distributors and other businesses with maintenance, repair and replacement services for the timing of delivery of our turnkey projectslighting and reduced fluorescent purchases by a large retail customer.

OES segment operating incomerelated electrical components deployed in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 was $0.2 million, an increase of $0.3 million from the $0.1 million loss in the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The segment’s operating income was the result of improved delivery costs in the current quarter over the same period last year.

Orion Distribution Services Division
The ODS segment focuses on selling lighting products through manufacturer representative agencies and a network of broadline North American distributors. This segment is expanding as a result of increased sales through distributors as we continue to develop our agent distribution strategy. This expansion includes the migration of customers from direct sales previously included in the USM segment.
their facilities.

The following table summarizes our ODS segmentmaintenance division operating results (dollars in thousands):

 For the Three Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 %
Change
Revenues$7,779
 $6,961
 11.8 %
Operating income224
 229
 (2.2)%
Operating margin2.9% 3.3%  
ODS segment

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

%
Change

 

Revenues

 

$

3,754

 

 

$

4,054

 

 

 

(7.4

)%

Operating loss

 

$

(1,840

)

 

$

(290

)

 

 

(534.5

)%

Operating margin

 

 

(49.0

)%

 

 

(7.2

)%

 

 

 

Maintenance division revenue increased in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182024 decreased by 11.8%7.4%, or $0.8$0.3 million, compared to the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2017,2023, primarily due to an increasea decrease in select distributor sales.

Whilesales to one customer. Operating loss in this segment increased as a result of a decrease in gross margins driven by higher subcontractor costs.

23


Electric Vehicle Charging Division

Our EV division offers leading electric vehicle charging expertise and provides EV turnkey installation solutions with ongoing support to all commercial verticals.

The following table summarizes our EV segment operations results (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

%
Change

Revenues

 

$

1,238

 

 

$

 

 

NM

Operating loss

 

$

(1,934

)

 

$

 

 

NM

Operating margin

 

 

(156.2

)%

 

 

%

 

 

* NM - Not Meaningful

EV segment revenue increased period over period,generated by Voltrek in the ODS segment’s operating results remained relatively flat as compared to the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2017 due to an increase2024 was $1.2 million. Operating loss in selling expenses.


Results of Operations - Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017 versus Nine Months Ended December 31, 2016
The following table sets forth the line items of our condensed consolidated statements of operations and as a relative percentage of our total revenue for each applicable period, together with the relative percentage change in such line item between applicable comparable periods (in thousands, except percentages):
 Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016   2017 2016
 Amount Amount %
Change
 % of
Revenue
 % of
Revenue
Product revenue$41,883
 $52,286
 (19.9)% 92.6 % 95.2 %
Service revenue3,360
 2,635
 27.5 % 7.4 % 4.8 %
Total revenue45,243
 54,921
 (17.6)% 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cost of product revenue30,587
 36,748
 (16.8)% 67.6 % 66.9 %
Cost of service revenue3,209
 1,748
 83.6 % 7.1 % 3.2 %
Total cost of revenue33,796
 38,496
 (12.2)% 74.7 % 70.1 %
Gross profit11,447
 16,425
 (30.3)% 25.3 % 29.9 %
General and administrative expenses11,370
 11,040
 3.0 % 25.1 % 20.1 %
Impairment of intangible assets710
 
 NM
 1.6 %  %
Sales and marketing expenses9,241
 9,167
 0.8 % 20.4 % 16.7 %
Research and development expenses1,519
 1,493
 1.7 % 3.4 % 2.7 %
Loss from operations(11,393) (5,275) (116.0)% (25.2)% (9.6)%
Other income
 190
 NM
  % 0.3 %
Interest expense(308) (203) (51.7)% (0.7)% (0.4)%
Interest income12
 31
 (61.3)%  % 0.1 %
Loss before income tax(11,689) (5,257) (122.4)% (25.9)% (9.6)%
Income tax (benefit) expense(23) (261) NM
 (0.1)% (0.5)%
Net loss$(11,666) $(4,996) (133.5)% (25.8)% (9.1)%
*NM - Not Meaningful
Revenue. Product revenue decreased 19.9%, or $10.4 million, for the first nine months of fiscal 2018 versus the first nine months of fiscal 2017. The decrease in product revenuethis segment was primarily a result of the continued decline$1.1 million of earn-out expense included in fluorescent product sales, $6.4 million year over year, and a decrease of $3.6 million in LED lighting revenue. LED lighting revenue decreased 8.7% from $41.2 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2017 to $37.6 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 primarily as a result of the timing of purchases by our direct customers. Service revenue increased 27.5%, or $0.7 million, primarily due to the timing of installation projects in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 when compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2017. Total revenue decreased by 17.6%, or $9.7 million, primarily due to the items discussed above.
Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin. Cost of product revenue decreased 16.8%, or $6.2 million, in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2017 primarily due to the decline in sales and the resulting lower overhead absorption compared to the prior year period. Cost of service revenue increased 83.6%, or $1.5 million, in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2017 primarily due to the timing of completion and costs on large projects. Gross margin decreased from 29.9% of revenue in the first nine months of fiscal 2017 to 25.3% in the first nine months of fiscal 2018. Our product gross margin decreased as a result of under-absorption within our manufacturing facility and an increase in sales of products sourced from third party manufacturers.
Operating Expenses
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses increased 3.0%, or $0.3 million, in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 compared to the first nine months of 2017, primarily due to $1.8 million in reorganization costs, offset by decreases in wages due to salary and headcount reductions, legal, depreciation and amortization and stock compensation expenses. Excluding the employee separation costs, general and administrative expenses decreased $1.7 million, or 15.1%.
Impairment of Intangible Assets. During the nine months ended December 31, 2017, we performed a review of our definite and indefinite-lived tangible and intangible assets for impairment. In conjunction with this review, we determined that the carrying value of our Harris trade name intangible asset exceeded its fair value. As a result, we recorded an impairment charge of $0.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017.

Sales and Marketing. Our sales and marketing expenses increased 0.8%, or $0.1 million, in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2017. The increase was primarily due to employee separation costs of $0.2 million and increased commissions related to our agency channel, offset by reduced consulting and professional fees related to special events and field sales, partially offset by increased expenses focusing on additional sales activities.
Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased by 1.7%, or twenty-six thousand dollars in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2017 primarily due to an increase in wages, offset by decreased testing and supply costs.
Other income. Other income in the first nine months of fiscal 2017 represented product royalties received from licensing agreements for our patents.
Interest Expense. Interest expense in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 increased by 51.7%, or $0.1 million, from the first nine months of fiscal 2017. The increase in interest expense was due to increased third party financing costs.
Interest Income. Interest income in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 decreased by 61.3%, or nineteen thousand dollars, from the first nine months of fiscal 2017. Our interest income decreased as a result of the continued run-off legacy customer financed projects.
Income Taxes. Income tax benefit in the first nine months of 2018 decreased $0.2 million from the first nine months of fiscal 2017 primarily due to the release of a valuation reserve in fiscal 2017. Our income tax expense is due primarily to minimum state tax liabilities.
Orion U.S. Markets Division
The USM segment sells commercial lighting systems and energy management systems to the wholesale contractor markets. USM customers include ESCOs and electrical contractors. A significant portion of the historic sales of this division have migrated to distribution channel sales as a result of the implementation of our agent distribution strategy. The migrated sales are included in our ODS segment.
The following table summarizes our USM segment operating results (dollars in thousands):
 For the Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 %
Change
Revenues$6,388
 $16,462
 (61.2)%
Operating (loss) income$(2,970) $558
 NM
Operating margin(46.5)% 3.4%  
USM segment revenue decreased from the first nine months of fiscal 2017 by 61.2%, or $10.1 million. The decrease in revenue during the first nine months of fiscal 2018 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2017 included the continued transition to our distribution sales model through the migration of sales to our ODS segment. Previously direct sales that are now sold through independent manufacturer representative agents are reflected within our ODS segment. The decrease also reflects a $2.4 million decline in sales to select large direct customers.
The USM segment’s operating results decreased $3.5 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 as compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2017. The segment's operating loss was the result of the significant decline in sales due to the migration of customers to the distribution sales channel resulting in lost operating expense leverage and an intangible asset impairment in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 of $0.2 million.
Orion Engineered Systems Division
The OES segment develops and sells lighting products and provides construction and engineering services for Orion's commercial lighting and energy management systems. OES provides turnkey solutions for large national accounts, governments, municipalities and schools.

The following table summarizes our OES segment operating results (dollars in thousands):
 For the Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 %
Change
Revenues$18,857
 $22,062
 (14.5)%
Operating income (loss)$(2,891) $(878) (229.3)%
Operating margin(15.3)% (4.0)%  
OES revenue decreased in the nine months of fiscal 2018 by 14.5%, or $3.2 million, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2017 primarily as a result of the timing of delivery of our turnkey projects and reduced florescent purchases by a large retail customer.
OES segment operating loss in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 increased by $2.0 million from the first nine months of fiscal 2017. The segment's operating loss was the result of the decline in sales resulting in lost operating leverage and an intangible asset impairment in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 of $0.5 million .
Orion Distribution Services Division
The ODS segment focuses on selling lighting products through manufacturer representative agencies and a network of broadline North American distributors. This segment is expanding as a result of increased sales through distributors as Orion continues to develop its agent distribution strategy. This expansion includes the migration of customers from direct sales previously included in the USM segment.
The following table summarizes our ODS segment operating results (dollars in thousands):
 For the Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016 %
Change
Revenues$19,998
 $16,397
 22.0%
Operating loss(564) (132) NM
Operating margin(2.8)% (0.8)%  
ODS segment revenue increased in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 from the first nine months of fiscal 2017 by $3.6 million. The increase in revenue was primarily due to our transition to a distribution channel sales model migrating direct sales through our manufacturer representative agents. In addition, ODS revenue grew as a result of our expanding manufacturer representative agencies and the continued ramp of sales through these agencies. The total manufacturer representative agencies increased from 31 to approximately 50 agencies from the third quarter of fiscal 2017 to the third quarter of fiscal 2018.
ODS segment operating loss increased by $0.4 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2017, primarily due to an increase in selling expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We believe our existing cash and operating cash flow provide us with the financial flexibility needed to meet our capital requirements, including to fund targeted our budgeted capital expenditures and working capital needs for at least one year from the date of this report, as well as our longer-term capital requirements for periods beyond at least one year from the date of this report.

We had approximately $10.6$8.2 million in cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2017,June 30, 2023, compared to $17.3$16.0 million at March 31, 2017.2023. Our cash position decreased primarily as a result of our netan operating loss separation payments to terminated employees in conjunction with our management reorganization and cost reduction initiatives, andan overall use of working capital during the net repaymentfirst quarter of $3.0 million on our revolving credit facility.

fiscal 2024.

Our future liquidity needs and forecasted cash flows are dependent upon many factors, including our relative revenue, gross margins, cash management practices, cost reduction initiatives,containment, working capital management and capital expenditures, pending or future litigation resultsexpenditures. While we believe that we will likely have adequate available cash and cost containment measures. In addition, we tendequivalents and credit availability under our Credit Agreement to experience highsatisfy our currently anticipated working capital costs when we increase sales from existing levels. Basedand liquidity requirements for at least the next 12 months based on our current expectations, whilecash flow forecast, if we anticipate realizing improved operating results in the future, we also currently believe thatexperience significant liquidity constraints, we may experience negative working capital cash flows during some interim periods.


be required to issue equity or debt securities, reduce our sales efforts, implement additional cost savings initiatives or undertake other efforts to conserve our cash.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the ninethree months ended December 31, 2017June 30, 2023 and 20162022 (in thousands):

 Nine Months Ended December 31,
 2017 2016
Operating activities$(3,081) $266
Investing activities(521) 1,972
Financing activities(3,142) 1,338
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents$(6,744) $3,576

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Operating activities

 

$

(7,327

)

 

$

(5,005

)

Investing activities

 

 

(413

)

 

 

(85

)

Financing activities

 

 

(3

)

 

 

48

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(7,743

)

 

$

(5,042

)

Cash Flows Related to Operating Activities. Cash provided by or used in operating activities primarily consistedconsists of a net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation, and amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, expenses,amortization of debt issue costs, provisions for reserves, and the effect of changes in working capital and other activities.

Cash used in operating activities for the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 20182024 was $3.1$7.3 million and consisted of aour net loss of $6.6 million adjusted for non-cash expense items of $7.8 million and net cash provided byused in changes in operating assets and liabilities of $4.7 million. Cash used by changes in operating assets and liabilities consisted of a decrease of $0.8 million, in accrued expenses and other primarily due to the timinglargest of payment of commissions and lower accrued bonuses in the current fiscal year,which was a decrease of $0.3$1.9 million in deferred revenue due to the timing of project completion and a decrease of $0.2 million in deferred contract costs due to the timing of project completions. Cash provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities included a decrease of $0.5 million in accounts receivable due to the decline in sales and the timing of customer collections, a decrease in inventory of $4.1 million as a result of increased focus on inventory management in consideration of the lower sales volume, a decrease of $1.4 million in prepaid and other assets primarily due to the timing of project billings, and a negligible decrease in accounts payable.

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Cash provided byused in operating activities for the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 20172023 was $0.3$5.0 million and consisted of net cash provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1.3 million and aour net loss of $2.8 million adjusted for non-cash expense items of $1.0 million. Cashand net cash used byin changes in operating assets and liabilities consistedworking capital of an increase$2.0 million, the largest of $0.8which was a $2.5 million decrease in accounts receivable due to the increase in lighting revenue and the timing of collections from customers at period end, an increase of inventory by $0.2 million due to the timing of product shipments at quarter end, a decrease of $0.7 million in accrued expenses due to the payment of a state tax liability and an increase in deferred contract costs of $1.3 million due to the timing of project completions. Cash provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities included an increase of $0.6 million in accounts payable due to the timing of payments on balances at quarter end, a decrease in prepaid and other assets of $3.3 million primarily due to the timing of project billings, and an increase in deferred revenue of $0.4 million due to the timing of project completions.

payable.

Cash Flows Related to Investing Activities.Activities. Cash used byin investing activities was $0.5of $0.4 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2018 which2024 consisted primarily of purchases of property and equipment and additions to patents and licenses.

equipment.

Cash provided byused in investing activities was $2.0of $0.1 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2017 which2023 consisted primarily of $2.6 millionpurchases of proceeds from the sale of the Manitowoc manufacturing facility. Cash used by investing activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2017 was $0.4 million for capital improvements related to production enhancementsproperty and technology purchases and $0.2 million of additions to patents.

equipment.

Cash Flows Related to Financing Activities. Cash used inby financing activities was $3.1 million forof $3 thousand in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2018 and was due almost entirely to the net repayment2024 consisted primarily of our revolving credit facility.

payment of long-term debt.

Cash provided by financing activities was $1.3 million forof $48 thousand in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2017. This included $0.8 million2023 consisted primarily of cash used for the repayment of long-term debt, $11,000 for stock option exercises and stock related tax settlements, and net proceeds from the revolving credit facility of $2.2 million.







employee equity exercises.

Working Capital

Our net working capital as of December 31, 2017June 30, 2023 was $13.4$20.6 million, consisting of $30.6$43.0 million in current assets and $17.2$22.3 million in current liabilities. Our net working capital as of March 31, 20172023 was $25.5$25.9 million, consisting of $43.9$50.4 million in current assets and $18.4$24.5 million in current liabilities. Our current accounts receivable balance decreased by $0.5 million from the fiscal 2017 year end due to the decline in sales and the timing of customer collections. Our inventory decreased from the fiscal 2017 year end by $4.8 million due to continued management of purchasing activities and inventory management initiatives. Our prepaid and other current assets decreased by $1.3 million due to a decrease in unbilled revenue as a result of the timing of customer billings. Our accounts payable remained relatively flat compared to fiscal 2017 year end. Our accrued expenses decreased from our fiscal 2017 year end by $0.8 million due to the payment of commissions and a decrease in accrued bonuses in the current fiscal year.

We generally attempt to maintain at least a three-month supply of on-hand inventory of purchased components and raw materials to meet anticipated demand, as well as to reduce our risk of unexpected raw material or component shortages or supply interruptions. Because of recent supply chain challenges, we have been making additional incremental inventory purchases. Our accounts receivables, inventory and payables may increase to the extent our revenue and order levels increase.

Indebtedness

Revolving Credit Agreement

We have an amended

On December 29, 2020, we entered into a new $25 million Loan and Security Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as lender (the “Lender”). The Credit Agreement replaced our prior $20.15 million secured revolving credit and security agreement ("(the “Prior Credit Agreement"Agreement”) that.

The replacement of the Prior Credit Agreement with the Credit Agreement provides us with increased financing capacity and liquidity to fund our operations and implement our strategic plans.

The Credit Agreement provides for a five-year $25.0 million revolving credit facility ("(the “Credit Facility”) that matures on December 29, 2025. Borrowings under the Credit Facility")Facility are subject to a borrowing base requirement based on eligible receivables, inventory and inventory.cash. As of December 31, 2017 ourJune 30, 2023, the borrowing base was approximately $3.8 million. The Credit Facility has a maturity date of February 6, 2019 and includes a $2.0 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit. As of December 31, 2017, we had no outstanding letters of credit. Borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2017, amounted to approximately $3.6 million and are included in non-current liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. We estimate that as of December 31, 2017, we were eligible to borrow an additional $0.2 million under the Credit Facility based upon current levelssupports $18.6 million of eligible inventory and accounts receivable.

Subject in each case to our applicable borrowing base limitations, the Credit Agreement otherwise provides for a $15.0availability, with $8.6 million Credit Facility. This limit may increase to $20.0of remaining availability net of $10.0 million based on a borrowing base requirement, if we satisfy certain conditions. We did not meet the requirements to increase the borrowing limit to $20.0 million as of July 31, 2017, the most recent measurement date.
From and after any increase in the Credit Facility limit from $15.0 million to $20.0 million, the Credit Agreement requires that we maintain, as of the end of each month, a minimum ratio for the trailing twelve-month period of (i) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, subject to certain adjustments, to (ii) the sum of cash interest expense, certain principal payments on indebtedness and certain dividends, distributions and stock redemptions, equal to at least 1.10 to 1.00. borrowed.

The Credit Agreement contains additional customary covenants, including certain restrictions on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, consolidate or merge, enter into acquisitions, guarantee obligations of third parties, make loans or advances, declare or pay any dividend or distribution on our stock, redeem or repurchase shares of our stock, or pledge or dispose of assets. We were in compliance with our covenants in the Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2017.

Each of our subsidiaries is a joint and several co-borrower or guarantor under the Credit Agreement, and the Credit Agreement is secured by a first lien security interest in substantially all of our assets.

Effective November 4, 2022, we, along with the Lender, executed Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement. The primary purpose of the amendment was to include the assets of our acquired subsidiaries, Stay-Lite Lighting and each subsidiary’s personal property (excluding variousVoltrek as secured collateral under the Credit Agreement. Accordingly, eligible assets relating to customer OTAs)of Stay-Lite and a mortgage on certain real property.

BorrowingsVoltrek are now included in our borrowing base calculation for the purpose of establishing our monthly borrowing availability under the Credit Agreement. The amendment also clarified that the earn-out liabilities associated with the Stay-Lite and Voltrek transactions are permitted under the Credit Agreement bear interest atand that the daily three-month LIBOR plus 3.0% per annum,expenses recognized in connection with a minimum interest charge for each year or portionthose earn-outs should be added back in the computation of a year during the term of the Credit Agreement of $0.1 million, regardless of usage. As of September 30, 2017, the interest rate was 4.69%. We must pay an unused line fee of 0.25% per annum of the daily average unused amount of the Credit Facility and a letter of credit fee at the rate of 3.0% per annum on the undrawn amount of letters of credit outstanding from time to timeEBITDA, as defined, under the Credit Facility.
Capital Spending
Our capital expenditures are primarily for general corporate purposes for our corporate headquarters and technology center, production equipment and tooling and for information technology systems. Our capital expenditures totaled $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. We plan to incur approximately $0.6 million in capital expenditures in fiscal 2018. We expect to finance these capital expenditures primarily through our existing cash, equipment secured loans and leases, to the extent needed, long-term debt financing, or by using our available capacity under our Credit Facility.


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Backlog

Backlog represents the amount of revenue that we expect to realize in the future as a result of firm, committed purchase orders. Backlog totaled $6.8$19.0 million and $7.3$17.2 million as of December 31, 2017June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2017,2023, respectively. We generally expect our backlog to be recognized as revenue within one year.

Backlog does not include any amounts for contracted maintenance services.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Inflation

Our

We have experienced increases in various input costs including labor, components and transportation in the past year. In response, we have implemented multiple price increases, and we have substantially mitigated the inflationary pressures, such that our results from operations have not been and we do not expect them to be, materially affected to date by inflation.

We are monitoring input costs and cannot currently predict the future impact on our operations by increasing or ongoing inflationary pressures.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make certain estimates and judgments that affect our reported assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and our related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We re-evaluate our estimates on an ongoing basis, including those related to revenue recognition, inventory valuation, collectability of receivables, stock-based compensation warranty reserves and income taxes. The estimates of forecasted cash flows are used in the assessment for impairment of long-lived assets and the realizability of deferred tax assets. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates. A summary of our critical accounting policies is set forth in the “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” section of our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2017.2023. For the three monthsquarter ended December 31, 2017,June 30, 2023, there were no material changes in our accounting policies.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a complete discussion of recent accounting pronouncements, refer to Note 23 in the condensed consolidated financial statementsCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Our exposure to market risk was discussed in the “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” section contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2017.2023. There have been no material changes to such exposures since March 31, 2017.


2023.

ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Material Weaknesses on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management is responsible for establishingdisclosure controls and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as definedprocedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reportingAct is a process designed by, or under the supervision of,accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the boardas appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes those policies and procedures that:

i.pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;
ii.provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
iii.provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of anyJune 30, 2023, an evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Underwas conducted under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, our management has assessedof the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria set forthdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring OrganizationsRule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Treadway Commission (COSO)Exchange Act).
As previously disclosed under "Item 9A. Controls and Procedures" in our Annual Report Based on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, we identified the following material weaknesses that existed as of March 31, 2017 and continued to exist at December 31, 2017. A material weakness is a control deficiency or a combination of control deficiencies that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.
Information & Communication. We determined that our controls pertaining to information and communication did not operate effectively, resulting in a material weakness pertaining to these COSO components. Specifically, we did not have sufficient communication of the status and evolution of a project to ensure timely and accurate recognition of project costs. In addition, we did not have sufficient communication and resolution of matters identified through management’s review impacting the accounting close as noted in the Control Activities discussion below.
Control Activities - Accounting Close. The operating effectiveness of our controls were inadequate to ensure that project costs were identified and recorded to expense in a timely manner. In addition, matters identified through management review controls were not brought to a timely resolution.
Because of the material weaknesses described above, in consultation with management, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officerthis evaluation, such officers have concluded that we did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2017, based on the criteria in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.
For the year ended March 31, 2017 and subsequent interim periods, we enhanced our closing procedures to ensure that, in all material respects, our financial statements are presented in conformity with GAAP and free of material misstatement as of and for the periods ended March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2017.

Plans for Remediation of March 31, 2017 Material Weaknesses

Our Board, our Audit & Finance Committee and management have identified additional resources to assist in the remediation effort and are developing and implementing new processes, procedures and internal controls to remediate the material weaknesses that existed in our internal control over financial reporting as it related to project cost accounting and the accounting close, and our disclosure controls and procedures, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2017.


We have developed a remediation plan (the “Remediation Plan”) to address the material weaknesses for the affected areas presented above. The Remediation Plan ensures that each area affected by a material control weakness is put through a comprehensive remediation process. The Remediation Plan entails a thorough analysis which includes the following phases:
Ensure a thorough understanding of the “as is” state, process owners, and procedural or technological gaps causing the deficiency;
Design and evaluate a remediation action for the review and analysis of project costs; validate or improve the related policy and procedures; evaluate skills of the process owners with regard to the policy and adjust as required;
Implement specific remediation actions: train process owners, allow time for process adoption and adequate transaction volume for next steps;
Test and measure the design and effectiveness of the remediation actions; test and provide feedback on the design and operating effectiveness of the controls; and
Review and acceptance of completion of the remediation effort by executive management and the Audit & Finance Committee.

We have have taken or are in the process of taking the following steps toward implementation of the Remediation Plan:
Developed a regular method for the evaluation of actual project costs incurred against budgeted costs and for the communication of such costs and project status;
Revisited the method in which projects are reviewed and evaluated by the accounting department to ensure the accurate and timely recording of necessary adjustments;
Formalized and strengthened management review controls as they pertain to the accounting close;
Provided training to key process owners;
Enhanced information technology reporting capabilities, where possible, to ensure consistent, accurate data to support accounting close processes in a timely and efficient manner; and
Continue to refine documentation of policies and procedures related to project accounting, account reconciliations, and other key areas within the accounting close.

The Remediation Plan is being administered by our Chief Financial Officer and involves key leaders from across the organization. The Chief Financial Officer is providing regular updates on the status of the remediation to our Audit and Finance Committee. While progress has been made, we continue to refine the new and enhanced processes and controls, finalize revisions to policies and procedures and provide additional training to our employees. Furthermore, many of these enhanced processes and controls have not yet operated for a sufficient period of time to conclude they are operating effectively, therefore the material weaknesses may continue to exist.

We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in the areas affected by the material weaknesses described above and employ any additional tools and resources deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements are fairly stated in all material respects.
June 30, 2023.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during(as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) for the quarter ended December 31, 2017,June 30, 2023, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, other than with respect to the implementation of our Remediation Plans, as described above.



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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are subject to various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. As of the date hereof,of this report, we are unable to currently assess whetherdo not believe that the final resolution of any of such claims or legal proceedings maywill have a material adverse effect on Orion’sour future results of operations.

See Note 14, "Commitments15 – Commitments and Contingencies, - Litigation", to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

We operate in a rapidly changing environment that involves a number of risks that could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results, some of which are beyond our control. In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the risks and uncertainties that we believe are most important for you to consider are discussed in Part I - Item 1A under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017,2023, which we filed with the SEC on June 13, 201712, 2023 and in Part 1 - Item 2 under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in this Form 10-Q.

ITEM 2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None

ITEM 5.OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None




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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(a)
Exhibits

ITEM 6.

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EXHIBITS
(a)Exhibits

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Filed herewith

The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, has been formatted in Inline XBRL.



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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 7, 2018.

August 9, 2023.

ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.

Registrant

By

/s/ William T. HullJ. Per Brodin

William T. Hull

J. Per Brodin

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Authorized Signatory)


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